The social network giant said it would include the alerts at the top of feeds on Facebook and Instagram, starting in the US with plans to expand in the future.
Facebook said Thursday it would offer reminders to its users to wear protective masks, responding to the latest surge in US coronavirus cases, which has sparked renewed fears of containing the pandemic.
"With the rise in COVID-19 cases in the US, we're putting an alert at the top of Facebook and Instagram to remind everyone to wear face coverings," the company said in a statement. Twitter appeared to join in the call for masks with a sardonic message which referred to a longstanding demand from users for a tweet edit button.
The moves come amid a rift in some parts of the United States on the need to wear masks, with some Americans rejecting the face coverings as government intrusion.
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