Here's a quick thread of three top reads on coronavirus and information disorder for you today, collated by the First Draft monitoring team:
Ahead of the US election in a matter of weeks, when political tensions will be at their peak, Facebook still has much work to do to combat hateful and violent speech, reports @CaseyNewton for @verge
theverge.com/interface/2020…
More than half of young Africans do not regard Facebook as a trustworthy source of news, a potential thorn in the side of the company’s plans for growth - @TheYomiKazeem reports for @qzafrica
qz.com/africa/1898283…
Facebook and Twitter have removed accounts attempting to influence American voters before November’s presidential election, writes @BobbyAllyn for @NPR. They were reportedly removed "before any of them had gathered a large following"
npr.org/2020/09/01/908…
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