Tag: social media
Messenger Rooms are Facebook’s answer to Zoom and Houseparty for the pandemic
Facebook is rolling out a suite of new products to expand its capabilities in video chat. The company today...
Facebook will now warn you if you’ve interacted with fake, dangerous coronavirus posts
Facebook has announced new measures to tackle the spread of COVID-19 misinformation by alerting users when they have interacted with fake or dangerous content. On Thursday, Facebook's vice president of Integrity, Guy Rosen, said in a blog post that the social media giant is going to start notifying users when they have liked, reacted [...]
WhatsApp makes it harder for you to forward some messages as it tries to slow coronavirus misinformation
Vastly popular messaging app WhatsApp is making it harder to share certain commonly forwarded messages as it tries to crack down on coronavirus rumours and misinformation. As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues, there has been a rapid increase in the volume of false information and scams related to news about the diseases being shared, either [...]