Instagram is carrying out the COVID-19 details updates
- Tech Backbone
Instagram announces two new updates to help fight COVID-19 misinformation: consumers will see a connection at the top of their feed to their local health department in areas of emerging cases, and those asking for vaccination information will now be led to reputable sources of health.
In addition to the social network banning hashtags featuring vaccination disinformation, which were also stated in announcement tweets, these steps would be taken. As health institutions cope with record hospitalizations and the first of the approved COVID-19 vaccinations continue to roll out the characteristics come as several platform providers take measures to prevent coronavirus myths from circulating at a critical time for the US.
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. pic.twitter.com/GikxkoKFIr
— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) December 17, 2020
Second, 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. pic.twitter.com/J5AUx3pJ4w
— Instagram Comms (@InstagramComms) December 17, 2020
Facebook, the parent company of Instagram (for now has carried out its own misinformation-fighting feature, sending alerts to users if they have engaged with articles involving it. YouTube also been inserting cards below the pandemic posts, connecting the same organisations that Instagram uses as examples to sources such as the CDC and WHO. More recently, Twitter has also announced that it would delete rumours about the COVID-19 vaccine.
