Security News > 2020 > March > Facebook accidentally blocks genuine COVID-19 news

Facebook is denying that a recent content moderation glitch has anything to do with workforce issues, but it's also saying that automated systems are to blame for being overzealous in stamping out misinformation.

On Monday, Facebook had put out an industry statement saying that it was joining Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube to scrub misinformation contained in posts about COVID-19.

Facebook sent home content moderators yesterday, who generally can't WFH due to privacy commitments the company has made.

A Facebook post about keeping its workers and its platform safe said that it requested any of its workers who can work at home to do so.

Facebook workers have a lot on their plate when it comes to keeping users connected with family, friends and colleagues they can no longer see face to face, and when it comes to keeping us all properly informed, as opposed to drinking bleach or wasting our time on other snakeoil posts.

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