Posted on 20 April 2020
The World Health Organization has been a dangerous source of misinformation in the COVID-19 pandemic, and Facebook is nudging users to read their info. Facebook said it is concerned that COVID-19 is not the only plague sweeping across the globe. There has also been an “infodemic” (a term coined during the SARS outbreak) of fake information about the COVID-19 virus, its cures and its origins. Facebook VP of Integrity Guy Rosen wrote “We’re going to start showing messages in News Feed to people who have liked, reacted or commented on harmful misinformation about COVID-19...