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Facebook stated Thursday the company will notify users who formerly engaged with misinformation published on the platform about COVID-19, the illness triggered by the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n

” We’re going to begin showing messages in News Feed to people who have liked, responded or discussed hazardous misinformation about COVID-19 that we have actually considering that gotten rid of,” said Man Rosen, a Facebook executive described by the company as its vice president of stability.<\/p>\n

The messages will refer Facebook users to misconceptions about COVID-19 that have been debunked by the World Health Organization and eliminated from the social media network, Mr. Rosen said.<\/p>\n

” We wish to link people who might have interacted with harmful false information about the infection with the reality from reliable sources in case they see or hear these claims once again off of Facebook,” he stated in a blog post.<\/p>\n

Users who previously engaged with COVID-19 false information that has considering that been eliminated from Facebook can anticipate to begin seeing the messages in the coming weeks, Mr. Rosen included.<\/p>\n

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Facebook has eliminated hundreds of countless pieces of misinformation about COVID-19 that might potentially result in impending physical damage, such as claims that drinking bleach remedies the coronavirus which physical distancing practices motivated by health specialists to slow its spread are inadequate, he included.<\/p>\n

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