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June 22, 2020

Facebook hoax spreading about contact tracing, don’t fall for it

Most viral misinformation contains just enough truth to make its other outlandish claims more convincing. And that's exactly what's happening thanks to a hoax circulating on Facebook about contact tracing. It claims contact-tracing software was installed on tons of phones and is being used maliciously. Here's the truth about contact-tracing software and what's actually going on.

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