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Facebook is banning protest events that violate social distancing rules

Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images Facebook is banning promotions for protests that violate social distancing rules, the company has confirmed. CNN reporter Donie O’Sullivan wrote this morning that promotions for anti-quarantine protests in California, New Jersey, and Nebraska had all been removed after Facebook consulted with state governments. The company is also reportedly

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Facebook will expand its symptom tracking survey globally to measure the spread of COVID-19

Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge Two weeks after beginning to survey users about disease symptoms in an effort to track the spread of COVID-19, Facebook said Monday that early results showed promise — and that the effort will roll out internationally beginning Wednesday. Carnegie Mellon University, which conducts the survey, said that 150,000

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