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Face­book on Thurs­day announced that it will begin tak­ing down what it con­sid­ers “mis­in­for­ma­tion” about COVID-19 vac­cines as the immu­niza­tions appear set to begin with­in weeks.

The social media giant said in a blog post that it will remove posts con­tain­ing what it deems false claims about “safe­ty, effi­ca­cy, ingre­di­ents or side effects” of any of the sev­er­al COVID-19 vaccines.

“Giv­en the recent news that COVID-19 vac­cines will soon be rolling out around the world, over the com­ing weeks we will start remov­ing false claims about these vac­cines that have been debunked by pub­lic health experts on Face­book and Insta­gram. This is anoth­er way that we are apply­ing our pol­i­cy to remove mis­in­for­ma­tion about the virus that could lead to immi­nent phys­i­cal harm. This could include false claims about the safe­ty, effi­ca­cy, ingre­di­ents, or side effects of the vac­cines,” the post said.