Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Others Unite against Coronavirus

Resorting to official sources to avoid hoaxes of the coronavirus is vital, but that implies that we cannot go forwarding or posting anything on social networks, forums or other types of platforms. However, this, which is everyone’s responsibility, is not easy and we need the collaboration of third parties. In this case, we need tech and social media paddlers to paddle in the same direction to avoid false information. In the last few hours, large technology companies like Facebook, Reddit, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube have joined forces to fight the coronavirus.

WhatsApp networks, the cousin expert of a co-worker, a tweet seen on social networks, alleged official information from a company … these days dozens of hoaxes circulate through messaging and social media applications. We have no control over them and we end up forwarding them, doing more harm than good to society. Inside we think that we are helping or collaborating, but nothing is further from reality. The WHO has collected all the false hoaxes of the coronavirus.

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The alliance of technology giants against covid 19

In an unprecedented move, companies in the tech world have partnered to try to protect their customers and avoid misinformation or hoaxes about the coronavirus. In this case, there are 19 social media platforms and other types of products. In addition, they invite other companies to join them in “keeping communities healthy and safe.”

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The statement signed by all of them reads as follows:

“We are helping millions of people stay connected as we jointly combat fraud and misinformation about the virus, better position authoritative content on our platforms, and share critical updates in coordination with government healthcare agencies across the globe. world”.

To do this, they will implement a series of measures :

  • Limit erroneous information and harmful content about COVID-19
  • Connect people with accurate information and useful resources like WHO and local ministries of health
  • Ban ads aimed at creating panic or implying that certain products guarantee a cure or prevent people from contracting the coronavirus.
  • Ban sale listings of medical face masks.
  • Allocate $ 20 million in donations to support COVID-19’s relief efforts and give WHO as many free announcements as they need for their response, along with other special support.