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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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Author: Sarah Perez

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Sarah Perez has recently written 11 articles on similar topics including :
  1. "A coalition of 35 consumer advocacy groups along with 64 experts in child development have co-signed a letter to Facebook asking the company to reconsider its plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13, which Facebook hasconfirmed to be in development". (April 15, 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. "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)
  4. "Facebook this morning announced it will increase the penalties against its rule-breaking Facebook Groups and their members, alongside other changes designed to reduce the visibility of groups potentially harmful content". (March 17, 2021)
  5. "Facebooks internal R&D group, NPE Team, is today launching its next experimental app, called BARS". (February 26, 2021)
  6. "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)
  7. "Facebooks internal R&D group, NPE Team, has today launched its latest experiment, Hotline, into public beta testing". (April 7, 2021)
  8. "Facebook today says it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. against two companies that had engaged in an international data scraping operation". (October 1, 2020)
  9. "Despite being under antitrust investigations in U.S. and E.U., Facebook today is rolling out a new feature that highlights the extent to which its suite of apps now interoperate". (September 29, 2020)
  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. "If youre old enough to remember the outrage that followed Twitters decision to replace stars with hearts (aka likes instead of favorites), then you know that Twitters user base has strong feelings about how it wants to engage with tweets". (March 24, 2021)
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