Facebook blames coronavirus for taking action on fewer suicide posts

Facebook blames coronavirus for taking action on fewer suicide posts
Facebook blames coronavirus for taking action on fewer suicide posts

Facebook has blamed the coronavirus for hampering efforts to remove suicide and self-injury posts from its platforms.

The social network revealed it took action on significantly less material containing such content between April and June because fewer reviewers were in action as the pandemic struck.

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