Tech Desk: Social media platform Facebook said on Wednesday that the strictest action will be taken against such people, who are repeatedly working to spread misleading information from the Facebook platform. According to Facebook, the company is working on a new tool, which will help in delivering the right content to the people.
According to the news agency Reuters, during the COVID-19 epidemic, the spread of misleading information from social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter has increased. However, Facebook claims the company is increasingly working towards curbing fake news related to Covid-19, vaccination, climate change and elections. According to Facebook, about 1.3 billion fake Facebook accounts were blocked during October to December last year.
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Significantly, new IT rules have been introduced by the central government to prevent the spread of fake and misleading news, which all social media platforms have to obey. In this case, Facebook has said that it will follow the provisions of the IT rules and some issues are under negotiation.
