Facebook launches chatbot and news hub to ensure misinformation of Covid-19 is not spread

EBU, BBC, FT, Reuters and CBC among broadcasters collaborating on Trusted News Initiative

BBC DG Hall: “We’ll do everything we can, working together, to stop disinformation about coronavirus in its tracks.”

In a fight to battle the misinformation on coronavirus, organisations including Facebook, the European Broadcasting Union and the BBC have launched initiatives to tackle harmful content sharing.

In India, Facebook has launched a Corona Helpdesk Chatbot on its messenger platform to raise awareness, provide authentic and accurate information to its users in a move to expose fake news on the pandemic.

The chatbot and news hub has been launched after the Indian government issued an advisory to social media companies to monitor and remove the circulation of false information and unverified data on the coronavirus outbreak.

The government of India deployed its own officials to debunk fake news on 20 March

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Originally posted by:

Alana Foster

www.ibc.org

March 30th, 2020