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Here's how social media apps are fighting misinformation surrounding coronavirus

Here's how social media apps are fighting misinformation surrounding coronavirus

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They are taking measures to promote factual content and to prevent the widespread of misinformation.

Dubious health content and false claims about the outbreak are presenting a fresh challenge for social media companies.

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Tiktok has added a link of the World Health Organisation's website to assure that its users know accurate and reliable facts about the virus.

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Youtube is displaying text-based articles along with a warning that developing stories may change over a period of time.

Community-based platform Reddit has uploaded a thread of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on its home page to address the queries about the virus.

It ''quarantines'' users who post false information about the virus on it.

The SARS-like virushas already killed 361 people worldwide, with the number of cases rising every day.

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