April 12, 2020 China tries to shape coronavirus narrative through viral messages China has been buying up ads on U.S. social-media sites and adopting online tactics reminiscent of Russian disinformation campaigns in an apparent attempt to shape the story internationally about the coronavirus response, according to researchers analyzing the activity.
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April 8, 2020 Facebook funds coronavirus coverage with grants to 400 local news outlets Facebook on Tuesday announced 400 local news organizations that are receiving grants to bolster their coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.
April 7, 2020 WhatsApp to limit message forwarding, citing 'significant increase' in spread of coronavirus misinformation Facebook-owned WhatsApp is limiting the ability to forward misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, it announced on Tuesday.
April 7, 2020 Facebook is building a coronavirus 'heat map,' asking users about their symptoms Facebook, which has made several overtures to fight the coronavirus pandemic, announced it would start to ask some of its U.S.-based users about their health in an effort to give researchers more information about self-reported COVID-19 patients.
April 3, 2020 Medical workers battling coronavirus get help self-isolating through mobile home donations A Facebook group with more than 3,000 members has the goal of helping people on the front lines of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Medical personnel and first responders are among a vulnerable population when it comes to the virus which is why the group, based near Dallas Texas, is helping connect these people to mobile homes so they can isolate from their families.
April 1, 2020 Actor plays iconic Disney characters in quarantine, gives songs coronavirus update Actor Kurt Tocci had some fun with iconic Disney characters portraying them in quarantine amid the coronavirus outbreak.
April 1, 2020 Fox News, Facebook team up for coronavirus town hall Fox News and Facebook will co-host a coronavirus town hall event on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET, the companies announced on Wednesday.
March 31, 2020 Facebook, Twitter delete some world leaders' posts over false information Facebook and Twitter have deleted social media posts from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that they deemed to be spreading misinformation regarding COVID-19.
March 28, 2020 NY mother hopes to connect fellow coronavirus survivors with researchers Americans who are infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) and are recovering at home "will get through this," survivor and Long Island, N.Y. mother Diana Berrent assured Saturday.
