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Coronavirus-related Facebook support groups reach 4.5M in US as misinformation and conspiracies spread

Facebook has already come underneath hearth for internet hosting groups organizing anti-quarantine protests in reaction to govt lockdowns amid the coronavirus outbreak, and the ones selling faux coronavirus remedies and misinformation. Now it’s making an attempt to determine what to do with the rising selection of COV…
Facebook has already come under fire for hosting groups organizing anti-quarantine protests in response to government lockdowns amid the coronavirus outbreak, and those promoting fake coronavirus cures and misinformation. Now it’s trying to figure out what to do with the growing number of COV…

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  1. "Following years of backlash over its algorithms and their ability to push people to more extreme content, which Facebook continues to deny, the company today announced it would give its users new tools to more easily switch over to non-algorithmic views of their News Feed". (March 31, 2021)
  2. "Facebook announced today it will begin rolling out new functionality that will allow Instagram and Messenger users to communicate across apps, in addition to bringing a host of Messenger -inspired features to the Instagram inbox". (September 30, 2020)
  3. "Shopify announced this morning its partnered with Facebook to expand its payment option, Shop Pay, to all Shopify merchants selling across both Facebook and Instagram". (February 9, 2021)
  4. "Facebook this morning announced a series of new rules designed to further penalize those who violate its community standards, specifically around Facebook Groups. It also introduced rules meant to crack down on the spread of misinformation through these more private networks". (September 17, 2020)
  5. "Facebook today is introducing a new tool that will allow rights holders to protect and manage their photos across both Facebook and Instagram". (September 21, 2020)
  6. "Facebooks internal R&D group, NPE Team, is today launching its next experimental app, called BARS". (February 26, 2021)
  7. "The coronavirus outbreak, elections and Zoom meetings were on the minds of U.S. consumers this year, according to Googles list of the U.S. top trending searches in 2020, released this morning". (December 9, 2020)
  8. "Facebook this morning announced a significant change in how it approaches Holocaust denial content on its social network". (October 12, 2020)
  9. "Facebook announced this morning it will begin testing a new experience for discovering businesses in its News Feed in the U.S. When live, users to tap on topics theyre interested in underneath posts and ads in their News Feed in order to explore related content from businesses". (April 15, 2021)
  10. "A new startup called Insight is bringing web browser extensions to the iPhone, with the goal of delivering a better web browsing experience by blocking ads and trackers, flagging fake reviews on Amazon, offering SEO-free search experiences or even calling out media bias and misinformation, among ot". (February 10, 2021)
  11. "Facebooks internal R&D group, NPE Team, has today launched its latest experiment, Hotline, into public beta testing". (April 7, 2021)
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