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There's no doubt coronavirus misinformation is still going viral, esp in languages other than English - but never been clear corrections would stop that
— Rowland Manthorpe (@rowlsmanthorpe) April 16, 2020
Avaaz commissioned a study to look into this. The results are quite strikinghttps://t.co/SeuIS1v2nb pic.twitter.com/I25nyy4xo5
Zuck, Nov 2016: "I believe we must be extremely cautious about becoming arbiters of truth ourselves.”https://t.co/J5OtDphKJk pic.twitter.com/gmRYCsscax
— Cyrus Farivar (@cfarivar) April 16, 2020
Nuevo reporte de @Avaaz muestra que Facebook es el epicentro de la desinformación relativa al #COVID19. El informe ha ocasionado que FB tome medidas inmediatas para desmentir #bulos pero aún hay mucho por hacer #correctTheRecord https://t.co/NP5tU7IhLq
— Nax Lozano (@KarenNax) April 16, 2020
This is outstanding - props to Facebook!https://t.co/yEGKTZG7Lv
— Jake Williams (@MalwareJake) April 17, 2020
STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING!!!
— Chris Dancy ???♂️? (@chrisdancy) April 17, 2020
Facebook is installing NEW emotional repsonses!
Families everywhere, you have a SEVENTH emotion to use!!!! https://t.co/dJ3kHAmWoa pic.twitter.com/DLkNrcFY3O
Now free to read: https://t.co/sAj1pbkG3W
— Mark Scott (@markscott82) April 16, 2020
Comes as @Avaaz found that 41% of fake posts that had been debunked by fact-checkers remained on @Facebook even when company was told about them. https://t.co/wF97nTNF6z
“The new Facebook reaction – an emoji hugging a heart – is intended as shorthand to show caring and solidarity when commenting on a status update, message, photo or video during the coronavirus crisis” https://t.co/Z7tBqtAzuF
— Callie Schweitzer (@cschweitz) April 17, 2020
Here's Facebook's statement.
— Rowland Manthorpe (@rowlsmanthorpe) April 16, 2020
"We want to connect people who may have interacted with harmful misinformation about the virus with the truth from authoritative sources in case they see or hear these claims again off of Facebook"https://t.co/eHcYtByDRj
Here is what FB’s version looks like (on the left) and what Avaaz had envisioned. FB’s tool looks an awful lot like the one people already see in their News Feeds.https://t.co/5QdTaPUoL8 pic.twitter.com/la6buE4aWC
— David Gilbert (@daithaigilbert) April 16, 2020
Facebook will show a message in the News Feed to people who have liked, reacted or commented on harmful misinformation about COVID-19. These messages will connect people to COVID-19 myths debunked by the WHO https://t.co/5e2AAm5VpN
— journalism festival (@journalismfest) April 16, 2020
If this data becomes available for research it should help to understand the depth and spread of disinformation through Facebook’s mysterious ways ↘️ https://t.co/tcsWRu2z9s
— Marietje Schaake ?? (@MarietjeSchaake) April 16, 2020
We’re launching new Care reactions on @facebookapp and @Messenger as a way for people to share their support with one another during this unprecedented time.
— Alexandru Voica (@alexvoica) April 17, 2020
We hope these reactions give people additional ways to show their support during the #COVID19 crisis. pic.twitter.com/HunGyK8KQw
Fantastic work by @Avaaz. They got #Facebook to agree notifying its users who engaged with fake content about Coronavirus with their new report studying the extent of disinformation on the platform. They've been advocating for this feature for years now.https://t.co/Ltu2VuwlX4
— Hasan Göl (@haso_jan) April 16, 2020
New Avaaz research shows: @facebook is an epicentre of the #Coronavirus #infodemic.
— Avaaz (@Avaaz) April 16, 2020
Facebook has now announced they will alert all users who engage with this harmful content, an important step ...
But @facebook can and must do more ?(thread) https://t.co/FJrte9YYhK pic.twitter.com/w0ha3iUZoV
Facebook is adding the "hug" reaction to allow you to send virtual hugs on posts & status updates. https://t.co/mufjK1rAJs
— Brian Manzullo (@BrianManzullo) April 17, 2020
So you’re going to see a lot of headlines about #Facebook’s new efforts to combat #coronavirus misinformation.
— David Gilbert (@daithaigilbert) April 16, 2020
What you won’t hear is that the company were forced into making these changes after @Avaaz found their current efforts were so inadequate https://t.co/5QdTaPUoL8
Check out FB @alexvoica’s thread for more info about the new “Care” reaction too
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) April 17, 2020
?⤵️ https://t.co/9poTCiQZYk
If nothing else @WHO's position as a key source of accurate COVID information makes clear the folly of withholding US funding from the organization. Or at least that would be true if our govt cared about providing citizens with accurate information. https://t.co/R6IsShseEY.
— Suzanne Nossel (@SuzanneNossel) April 16, 2020
In the month of March, FB displayed warnings on about 40 million posts related to COVID-19, based on around 4,000 articles by independent fact-checking partners. When people saw those warning labels, 95% of the time they did not view the original content. https://t.co/aqp3s6K60K
— Jency Jacob (@jencyjac) April 16, 2020
as someone said... some of the most brilliant minds of our times are involved in shit. https://t.co/1CbPO2996l
— Sushubh (@Sushubh) April 17, 2020
Facebook typically doesn't inform users if they've engage in debunked content, aside from Russian disinformation a while back.
— Sara Fischer (@sarafischer) April 16, 2020
My thought bubble: Once it starts doing this, it will be expected moving forward they do this for all kinds of misinformation, including political. https://t.co/mwNICFnIyi
Yeah there is a word for this, it’s called censorship. And it’s a damn Slippery slope. Stop hiding behind a cute hashtag
— Eka Darville (@ekadarville) April 16, 2020
Interesting move from Facebook, possibly the first time a big tech firm is reaching out to people who have been exposed to fake news:https://t.co/vrsrBnWXtE#LieMachines
— Phil Howard (@pnhoward) April 17, 2020
Ignoring the politics of the situation, any outlet that’s doing *FACT-CHECKING* for @Facebook should not be emailing people for quotes to create a story.
— Stay At Home Giants (@slpng_giants) April 16, 2020
It appears that’s what the Daily Caller is trying to do here.
How does @factchecknet justify this org being certified? https://t.co/CogOQYV67x
https://t.co/eeMOdOZI7A Damning report by @Avaaz on Facebook's failure to combat virus misinformation effectively - "It can take up to 22 days for the platform to downgrade and issue warning labels on false content"
— Rory Cellan-Jones (@ruskin147) April 16, 2020
Facebook put coronavirus misinformation warnings on about 40 million posts in March
— Adonica HowardBrowne (@ahowardbrowne) April 16, 2020
“When people saw the company’s warning labels, 95% of the time they opted not to view whatever article or video was posted.” ?#pleasestartthinkingforyourself
https://t.co/VDev4KAVHG
WTF CARES ABOUT EMOJIS RN, FACEBOOK?! https://t.co/mq1zDialsR
— thepeterha (@thepeterha) April 17, 2020
Facebook is the biggest distributor of misinformation and disinformation on the planet.
— News View (@NewsView100) April 16, 2020
About time! I've always thought it odd that everyone accepts companies nudging their users to increase profit, but considers it wrong to nudge them to increase their own well-being! https://t.co/CYNPohTsDo
— timoreilly (@timoreilly) April 16, 2020
"Despite Facebook's efforts to crack down on false coronavirus information, those posts were shared 1.7 million times and viewed 117 million times, according to @Avaaz." https://t.co/YgehRqNdlh
— Emil Protalinski (@EPro) April 16, 2020
I mean the news media is most likely seriously compromised by the CCP. And after Epstein, anyone who trusts them is ignorant or daft. You add them beclowning themselves with the difference between Kavanaugh and Biden... that's just gasoline on the fire.
— Geoff (@geoffrobinson) April 16, 2020
NEW: Facebook will now warn users who've been exposed to coronavirus misinformation. The retroactive alerts mean any users who've read or shared false content will be contacted. It comes as @Avaaz says Fb 'sits at the epicentre of coronavirus misinfo'. https://t.co/oZNUyh3s7t
— Joe Tidy (@joetidy) April 16, 2020
I’m always happy to see ANY steps by Facebook to address health misinformation—but this crisis should be making clear that dealing with this speech after it’s already been posted and spread is a deadly mistake. https://t.co/XaLv3x4che
— Senator Brad Hoylman (@bradhoylman) April 16, 2020
Good News, @Facebook will now show people who have been exposed to misinformation a factcheck by the @WHO, this has been a central demand of disinformation researchers. At the same time @YouTube is completely failing to tackle it's problem with disinfo.https://t.co/xdItpQot4B
— Philip Kreißel (@pkreissel) April 16, 2020
Facebook have made this change after a campaign by @Avaaz - but as you'll see, it hasn't gone all the way and directly challenged anyone about misinformation
— Rowland Manthorpe (@rowlsmanthorpe) April 16, 2020
It's interesting to compare Avaaz's proposal. Much stronger. Would it be more effective or would it enrage people? pic.twitter.com/t0FGrS4cUv
This is really promising news about the impact of Facebook's fact-checking partnership https://t.co/1MmL4idKhP pic.twitter.com/NQBiCmbcDZ
— Daniel Funke (@dpfunke) April 16, 2020
On Facebook, we will launch a seventh Reaction alongside the existing six. The new Care Reaction will start rolling out next week globally and you can use it to react to posts, comments, images, videos, or other content on the app and https://t.co/t0PZL74vjg pic.twitter.com/PkpbCoPc4F
— Alexandru Voica (@alexvoica) April 17, 2020
Facebook adds TWO new features to tackle #Coronavirus misinformation
— Matt Navarra | ? #StayAtHome (@MattNavarra) April 16, 2020
1/ Informing people who interacted with harmful #COVID19 misinfo about authoritative sources
2/ New ‘Get the Facts’ section in FB’s #covid19 Info Center to show fact-checked articles https://t.co/dHDcohe0SV pic.twitter.com/3leL8XtXEn
The problem is a lot of people don't trust authorities like the WHO—rightly so in some cases. https://t.co/pF00JkmfJY
— Doney den Ouden (@doney) April 16, 2020
I actually really like the language Facebook is using here: *not* saying "you were wrong" but saying "hey! Would you like to share this link to help friends and family who may be wrong?" https://t.co/vOX5rkILAO pic.twitter.com/3WlGznbgtB
— hern (@alexhern) April 16, 2020
Here are some of the bogus claims Facebook allowed on its platform and be seen by hundreds of millions of users:
— David Gilbert (@daithaigilbert) April 16, 2020
— Black people are resistant to #COVID19
— Wild Garlic can cure coronavirus
— So can hairdryers
— So can chlorine dioxidehttps://t.co/5QdTaPUoL8
Now do the same thing for climate crisis denial https://t.co/zA5gkk4NCe
— John Paczkowski (@JohnPaczkowski) April 16, 2020
This is a good move.
— Michael Schneider (@schneider) April 16, 2020
Why can’t they do the same with political content? https://t.co/kmagc3f1LJ
DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH: Facebook to Alert Users of 'Coronavirus Misinformation' and Delete Posts Based on the Unreliable World Health Organization @CassandraRules https://t.co/KZ15Wc4KWd via @gatewaypundit
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) April 16, 2020
When even the smallest physical gesture to convey support isn’t possible, Facebook is rolling out a new reaction to express caring and compassion. https://t.co/sLt0KrAtmd
— Des Moines Register (@DMRegister) April 17, 2020
Or you could just take down the posts and ban the people that propagate them.....but whatevs https://t.co/9ieSXSPCqq
— Shane Woodford (@WoodfordinDK) April 16, 2020
Facebook is only now implementing a tool that Avaaz has been calling for for years. FB says it will retroactively alert users when they click on, like or share misinformation.
— David Gilbert (@daithaigilbert) April 16, 2020
But Facebook’s implementation is unlikely to make much difference https://t.co/5QdTaPUoL8
New updates on our work to limit COVID-19 misinformation and connect people to reliable information: we’ve now directed over 2B people to health authority resources through our COVID-19 Info Center and pop-ups with >350M people clicking to learn more. https://t.co/5fre1Z9ytF 1/
— Guy Rosen (@guyro) April 16, 2020
We've directed over two billion people to resources about COVID-19 from health authorities across Instagram and Facebook. https://t.co/DNcqhujrXr
— Adam Mosseri (@mosseri) April 16, 2020
This is a fascinating twist.
— Adrian Weckler (@adrianweckler) April 16, 2020
Facebook will identify everyone who ‘likes’ or comments on a post with debunked Covid-19 content.
It will then show them links to WHO facts on debunked myths.
This will be cheered by most battling misinfo. But what power.https://t.co/L0ZRC7lB6v
Our fact-checking partners have ramped up efforts to fight COVID-19 misinformation, and we’re excited to share more about the impact of this work. In March, we displayed warnings on about 40 million posts related to COVID-19 on Facebook, based on around 4,000 fact-check articles. https://t.co/hrRBHsaxEs
— Keren (@kgoldshlager) April 16, 2020
From @fidjissimo's interview w/ @TheNationalUAE:
— Alexandru Voica (@alexvoica) April 17, 2020
"As we've spoken with people about the kinds of emotions they want to convey in relation to posts they see in their NewsFeed, Hug is one of the most frequently suggested ideas" Simo says.https://t.co/LE4nWsBvV8 via @EvelynTweets
Facebook will warn you if you’ve interacted with sources that the WHO has determined are dangerous re: coronavirus posts.?
— VaccineTruths (@Rectitude20) April 17, 2020
Bill is the no. 1 contributor to WHO now. I am beyond ? of a world where billionaires control the media for the masses. https://t.co/R9ltIrmKd3
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. https://t.co/EZweEK6zKn
— Adam Levin (@Adam_K_Levin) April 17, 2020
People reporting anti-semitism, illegal drug sales and more on Instagram and Facebook are getting a troubling message: “we couldn’t prioritize your report” because of coronavirus https://t.co/FDAe8Yei3V pic.twitter.com/5xeQXwgNw8
— Sarah Frier (@sarahfrier) April 17, 2020
Facebook is doing a lot to fight Covid-19 misinformation, but that means other stuff is falling through the cracks. When people report things like anti-Semitism or drug sales on FB or IG, they get these responses saying FB doesn’t have people to reviewhttps://t.co/axG9282zOO pic.twitter.com/zv4t29s1Ko
— Kurt Wagner (@KurtWagner8) April 17, 2020
Exclusive to @USATODAY Facebook launching new “care” reaction to show support to friends and family during #Covid_19 “With the crisis we are going through now, there is no doubt people need more compassion, more support” https://t.co/6Se3r6ULuD
— Jessica Guynn (@jguynn) April 17, 2020
Need a hug during the coronavirus pandemic? Facebook has a new feel-good reaction for that https://t.co/ovDDkUCIAX
— USA TODAY Life (@usatodaylife) April 17, 2020
Facebook adds #COVID19 hug reaction to show support to family + friends https://t.co/2Sw35xrfW2
— Matt Navarra | ? #StayAtHome (@MattNavarra) April 17, 2020
Update from Mark Zuckerberg on what @Facebook is doing to connect people with accurate information and limit the spread of misinformation about #COVID19 https://t.co/IWyZQHKES4
— Trushar Barot (@Trushar) April 16, 2020
Trump's message to "LIBERATE MINNESOTA" promotes an in-person protest by the same name that gathered at least 100 people on Friday. Seems this would directly violate Facebook and Twitter's new coronavirus policies, which focus on preventing real-world harm https://t.co/6yT2Lbpqus
— Taylor Hatmaker (@tayhatmaker) April 17, 2020
Trump’s hype for state lockdown protests puts Twitter & Facebook’s new COVID-19 policies to the testhttps://t.co/WBXmCjmjJw
— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) April 17, 2020
Facebook is fueling these idiotic lockdown protests, allowing events + groups that are organizing them and sowing disinformation and conspiracy theorieshttps://t.co/uMCHpg8scH
— Jason Koebler (@jason_koebler) April 17, 2020
In the face of shelter-in-place orders, some Americans are protesting for their right to spread a deadly virus in order to keep the economy moving. https://t.co/Pwb6sV5AKe
— VICE (@VICE) April 17, 2020
literally minutes after publishing this story, facebook removed the public page it wouldnt comment to us about other than to say its looking into it https://t.co/kkDnfDOP2G
— jordan pearson (@neuwaves) April 17, 2020
Misinformation continues to thrive on Facebook. https://t.co/fvsq5B7ln6
— Motherboard (@motherboard) April 17, 2020
Congrats to @Avaaz! - they've been campaigning on this for years?https://t.co/gyUKWxQ5Pm
— Ellen Judson (@ellenejudson) April 16, 2020
This is a pretty enormous win for public health with huge credit to @Avaaz campaigning to get Facebook to correct disinformation on the platform re COVID: https://t.co/TJ16w20lbZ
— Ian Bassin (@ianbassin) April 17, 2020
Coronavirus: Facebook will start warning users who engaged with 'harmful' misinformation
— So-Star (@SoStarMusic) April 16, 2020
Users who have liked, shared or commented on posts with false claims will be directed to #WHO’s ‘myth busters’ page#CoronavirusOutbreak #SocialMedia #Facebookhttps://t.co/dOlHqQiSs1
The fight against COVID-19 scams, misinformation, and fake cures continues. #dynamiccio #linux #girlswhocode #tech @rneelmani @hacback17https://t.co/akKSrLGeqU
— Dynamic CIO (@DynamicCIO) April 18, 2020
Facebook will now warn you if you’ve interacted with fake, dangerous coronavirus posts https://t.co/jRL4WxviO7 by @SecurityCharlie
— ZDNet (@ZDNet) April 17, 2020
Wish I could give my amazing team a real hug for the crazy fast sprint on this latest Facebook reaction. https://t.co/D5czRoQG1b
— Cohen (@cohen) April 18, 2020
Update on Trump's tweets promoting "Liberate Minnesota" + other state protests. Twitter says it does not consider the tweets as worded a "clear call to action" that could pose a health risk. also did not determine that the tweets had harmful intentions. https://t.co/6yT2Lbpqus
— Taylor Hatmaker (@tayhatmaker) April 17, 2020