Following an investigation that revealed gaps in Facebook’s efforts to fight coronavirus misinformation, the social networking company announced it would retroactively send alerts to any users who had interacted with content subsequently labeled misleading. A new report from global nonprofit Avaaz examined 100 Facebook posts about COVID-19 that had been …
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Here’s what you need to know: South Korea’s leader urges an ‘all-out, concerted response.’ Europe confronts coronavirus as Italy scrambles to contain spike in cases. Pakistan and Turkey close their borders with Iran as cases there rise. China’s leader calls the epidemic a ‘crisis and a big test.’ Israel will …
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