Popular social media platform Instagram on Friday announced to roll out two new features to help combat the spread of misinformation regarding Covid-19. The company said that many countries around the world seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases, the new notification features will help people stay up-to-date and get information from credible sources directly on its platform.
In a tweet, Instagram said, "First, in places where cases are surging, people will see a prompt at the top of their Feed, connecting them to health authorities such as the CDC, WHO or their local counterparts." It further added that in addition to removing widely debunked claims about the Covid-19 vaccines, "when people search for terms related to vaccines or Covid-19, we'll direct them to information from credible health authorities".
Earlier, Microblogging site Twitter announced to remove tweets making false or misleading claims about Covid-19 vaccinations from next week and label such fake claims from early next year. Using a combination of technology and human review, the company said that it will begin enforcing this updated policy on December 21 and expanding its actions during the following weeks.
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