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Facebook asks users about coronavirus symptoms, releases data to researchers

By Katie Paul on Apr 7, 2020 12:58PM
Facebook asks users about coronavirus symptoms, releases data to researchers

Google already surveying users for Carnegie Mellon project.

Facebook said on Monday it would start surveying some US users about their health as part of a Carnegie Mellon University research project aimed at generating "heat maps" of self-reported coronavirus infections. The social media giant will display a link at the top of users' News Feeds directing ...

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