Facebook Vows to Remove Misinformation About Outbreak of New Coronavirus

Facebook vowed to fight the spread of misleading information and harmful content about the outbreak of a new coronavirus, APA reports citing Sputnik.

'As the global public health community works to keep people safe, Facebook is supporting their work in several ways, most especially by working to limit the spread of misinformation and harmful content about the virus and connecting people to helpful information,' the company said in a statement on late Thursday.

According to Facebook, its team of third-party fact-checkers continues to review content, and when the published information is assessed as false, its spread will be limited. The company will also inform users who publish such information about the results of fact-checking.

'We will also start to remove...