With COVID-19 leading to lock-down measures across majority of the nations across the world, leading corporations in the technology industry have joined forces to help people 'stay connected' during this difficult time as well as block out misinformation from misinformed people as well as content with fake news.
These corporations include Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Reddit and YouTube. In terms of what measures have already been put in place, Google's search engine as well as results have tags to provide information about the virus and symptoms which will greatly help in reducing fake news from going around social media. Facebook has added tools help freelancers such as musicians still perform (More information available about the decision made by Facebook available on the blogs on my website).
"We are working closely together on Covid-19 response efforts"-
“We're helping millions of people stay connected while also jointly combating fraud and misinformation about the virus, elevating authoritative content on our platforms, and sharing critical updates in co-ordination with government healthcare agencies around the world. We invite other companies to join us as we work to keep our communities healthy and safe."
Something we as users will have to appreciate is that the same way that most of us are off work, working from home, or furloughed, employees within these corporations are also operating under the same circumstances. Therefore when these businesses are making statements to 'add new tools' or 'increase awareness' or 'remove false news' we should appreciate the actions they are making in the first place and then give time for these actions to be implemented as their employees would also have limited resources.
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