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2020-03-17 | Facebook, Reddit, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube issue joint statement on misinformation – TechCrunch

'The Washington Post and Politico reported that the White House asked Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Cisco and Twitter for help. '

'They also have to contend with misleading information in several of President Donald Trump’s public statements on COVID-19, including his tweets and Facebook posts. '

'Last week, U.S Chief Technology Officer Michael Michael Kratsios held a remote meeting with representatives from major tech companies on how to coordinate various efforts related to COVID-19, including fighting disinformation. '

'TechCrunch has contacted each of the companies in the joint statement for more details, and will update this post as we hear back from them. '

'The World Health Organization’s director-general said last month that disinformation is as dangerous as COVID-19. '

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