Facebook is developing new tools that use aggregated, anonymized information about users' location to help public health officials figure out who's adhering to the social distancing guidelines.
, which show how people are moving around regions. Facebook hopes this data can be used alongside other information that public health officials collect to help determine areas where COVID-19 outbreaks are likely to occur.The probability that people in one area will come into contact with each other.This data shows at a regional level whether people are staying home.
The collection of location data is opt-in, meaning Facebook users will have to choose to share it, although the company hasthat it can pick up information about users' movements through other features, like check-ins. Some users might also see a mention at the top of their news feed about a survey, which asks for information about how they're feeling. That survey tool was developed by researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University Delphi Research Center, and is designed to be used by health officials figure out where and when to relax shelter-in-place guidelines when there are still gaps in COVID-19 testing. Carnegie Mellon has said that it won't share the survey responses with Facebook.
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