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Lockdown-related restrictions in the wake of the coronavirus wave have forced many sectors to put their work at a halt.

"We know we have a greater responsibility when we are amplifying or recommending content," Tom Alison, Vice President of Engineering at Facebook, wrote in a blog post on Wednesday.

The move is to slow the spread of misinformation on its platform, Facebook told The Washington Post on Sunday.

This is an update from the initial Facebook action in August that removed Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts associated with QAnon when they discussed potential violence while imposing a series of restrictions