Facing the prospect that hoaxes or misinformation could worsen a global pandemic, tech platforms are taking control of the information ecosystem like never before.
A new willingness to moderate their platforms has culminated in an industrywide effort to crack down on misinformation and push people to authoritative information at a particularly crucial time.
"So these tech platforms can claim neutrality all they want, but they have never been neutral from the very outset," she added. Part of Instagram's push on the coronavirus has been to create a"sticker" with the phrase"Stay Home." People who post to their Instagram stories with the sticker may have their posts picked up and distributed widely, encouraging others to take up social distancing.
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