Social media platforms have come under increasing pressure to regulate misinformation hosted by their sites and the coronavirus pandemic seems to be spurring the type of action critics have long called for.
On March 16, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Reddit, Twitter and YouTube issued a statement saying they had joined forces to combat “fraud and misinformation about the virus”.
Facebook, Giphy, Microsoft, Pinterest, Slack, TikTok, Twitter and WeChat are participating in a WHO hackathon where developers are invited to build software solutions to address the crisis. Projects selected for public promotion will be announced on 3 April.
So what are various platforms actually doing? This article will be updated regularly with the latest news about the different measures.