Facebook Steps Up Efforts To Combat The Spread Of Coronavirus Misinformation

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Nick Clegg, Facebook's vice president of global affairs and communications, says he can't quantify the volume of misinformation around the coronavirus, but he says the company will remove misinformation that has the potential to cause 'real-world harm.'

As a global pandemic takes hold, more people are turning to Facebook in search of news about the coronavirus.

"We do not allow misinformation to circulate on Facebook which can lead to real-world harm," Clegg saidon Wednesday."So if people say drinking bleach is going to help you vaccinate yourself against coronavirus — that is dangerous. We will not allow that to happen. We won't even allow folk to say social distancing makes no difference in dealing with this pandemic."it's taking to prevent the spread of inaccurate content during the public health crisis.

Particularly in the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and now during the 2020 race, critics and lawmakers have slammed the company for not doing enough to combat the circulation of false claims from politicians via ads and other messaging.

 

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Tell me another one. Never trust anything done by such a huge and self-serving company. Misinformation is their revenue source after all. And people called me a commie (yes, I’m oldish, lived in So Cal) when I argued for AdFree society. facebook Covid_19

Is this the same lying swine who used to be deputy PM in the uk?

that would be pretty much anything trump is saying.

Leave FB and never come back. That is the only thing to do.

What misinformation about COVID-19 won’t cause “real world harm”?

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Just shut it down. Honestly the world would be better off without it.

Didnt Mark go to Congress a few months ago and say that they didn’t have the ability to remove false information?

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