{"id":1573,"date":"2021-05-21T05:45:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T03:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/21\/facebook-removes-110000-pieces-of-covid-misinformation-posted-by-australian-users\/"},"modified":"2021-05-21T05:45:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T03:45:02","slug":"facebook-removes-110000-pieces-of-covid-misinformation-posted-by-australian-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/21\/facebook-removes-110000-pieces-of-covid-misinformation-posted-by-australian-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook removes 110,000 pieces of Covid misinformation posted by Australian users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The tech giant says it has taken down posts on fake preventative measures and exaggerated cures as part of a new voluntary industry code<\/p>\n<p>Facebook has removed more than 110,000 pieces of Covid-related misinformation generated by Australian accounts in the first year of the pandemic, the company has revealed.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Facebook, along with Twitter, Google, Microsoft, Redbubble and TikTok, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/feb\/22\/australian-government-ready-to-pursue-facebook-and-twitter-if-misinformation-code-doesnt-work\">signed on to a new voluntary industry code<\/a> aimed at combating misinformation and disinformation online.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/may\/21\/facebook-removes-110000-pieces-of-covid-misinformation-posted-by-australian-users\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/251b34da1eaf63286e03bbe5de49de0d9bc4721f\/0_230_3500_2100\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=76eda34edba96ed94932d3ecae6abe4c\" title=\"Facebook removes 110,000 pieces of Covid misinformation posted by Australian users\" \/>The tech giant says it has taken down posts on fake preventative measures and exaggerated cures as part of a new voluntary industry code<br \/>\nFacebook has removed more than 110,000 pieces of Covid-related misinformation generated by Australian accounts in the first year of the pandemic, the company has revealed.<br \/>\nIn February, Facebook, along with Twitter, Google, Microsoft, Redbubble and TikTok, signed on to a new voluntary industry code aimed at combating misinformation and disinformation online. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tech giant says it has taken down posts on fake preventative measures and exaggerated cures as part of a new voluntary industry code Facebook has removed more than 110,000 pieces of Covid-related misinformation generated by Australian accounts in the first year of the pandemic, the company has revealed. In February, Facebook, along with Twitter, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/21\/facebook-removes-110000-pieces-of-covid-misinformation-posted-by-australian-users\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Facebook removes 110,000 pieces of Covid misinformation posted by Australian users<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}