Facebook users who have read and interacted with fake news about COVID-19 will soon receive notifications on platform, as announced by the company today Thursday.
In the coming weeks, users who have liked, shared or commented on false content will receive a pop-up warning in their news feed (news feed). The message will direct them to a World Health Organization website (WHERE), which mentions the myths about the coronavirus.
"We want to link people who may have interacted with harmful misleading information about the virus to the truth from credible sources." Reported Guy Rosen, Facebook's vice president for platform integrity.
The system was announced the day after the release of a campaign through Avaaz about their problem fake news of Facebook.
Avaaz investigated 104 Facebook posts and videos about the virus and found that the content was shared nearly 1,7 millions times and garnered 117 million views. They also found that Facebook can take up to 22 days to issue warnings about some misinformation.