Facebook bans coronavirus fake news, false cures and conspiracy theories

People wear face masks at Heathrow Airport in London on 29 January 2020 (Source: EPA) Facebook has announced a ban on coronavirus conspiracy theories and will now work to ‘limit the spread of misinformation and harmful content about the virus’. The social network wants to stop the circulation false claims and fake news about the disease, whilst still ‘connecting people to helpful information’. It also wants to stop dodgy videos offering coronavirus ‘cures’ going viral, warning that people are being advised to drink bleach to beat the bug. The World Health Organisation has now declared the coronavirus public health emergency of international concern and two people in the UK have tested...