Security News > 2020 > April > Facebook to alert us if we’ve been exposed to fake coronavirus news
If you've had that kind of dangerous misinformation coughed up at you on the platform and have liked, reacted or commented on it, expect to start seeing messages in your newsfeed alerting you and letting you know that Facebook has since removed the effluvium.
On Thursday, Guy Rosen, VP of Integrity, said in a post that the messages will be shown to those who've interacted with misinformation that Facebook went on to remove.
We want to connect people who may have interacted with harmful misinformation about the virus with the truth from authoritative sources in case they see or hear these claims again off of Facebook.
Besides flagging what could potentially be fake news, Rosen said that Facebook also removed hundreds of thousands of pieces of misinformation that could lead people to physical harm.
Facebook's news curation team selects the articles and updates the section weekly.