Facebook fixes bug that marked legitimate coronavirus-related posts as spam

A bug on Facebook and Instagram incorrectly removed legitimate posts related to coronavirus and marked m as spam. Facebook's he of safety on Tuesday said that bug has been fixed and all posts incorrectly removed have been restored. Guy Rosen, Facebook’s vice president for integrity, in a Twitter post, informed that bug was in an anti-spam system and it incorrectly removed multiple posts, t just those related to COVID-19.

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According to reports, bug was reported after Facebook sent all its contract workers, who used to perform content review services for social media giant, home for public health reasons amid coronavirus outbreak. Users reported glitch on both Facebook and Instagram where y said links to certain coronavirus-related articles were unable to get through platforms. 

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Facebook and various or social media platforms have collaborated with World Health Organisation (WHO) in raising awareness for outbreak. Facebook has also pledged to contain all misinformation related to dely disease on its platform. Coronavirus outbreak has caused panic across world and misinformation is prevalent on internet.

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Coronavirus outbreak

COVID-19 has claimed more than 7,900 lives across world and has infected over 1,98,000 people globally. China is most affected country in world as experts believe that virus originated from a seafood market in Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally. Italy, Iran and Spain are most affected countries besides China. 

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