Facebook Releases Data That Could <br />Help Predict Spread of COVID-19 According to CNET, the social <br />media giant is providing researchers <br />with location data to determine <br />if people are staying home. The data, which Facebook says doesn't identify <br />individual users, may also help researchers figure <br />out where the coronavirus will spread next. As part of its Data for Good program, <br />Facebook released three new types <br />of disease prevention maps. One map details the <br />probability of one area <br />of people coming in <br />contact with another <br />area of people. A second map <br />shows if people are <br />staying home in <br />certain regions. The third map shows <br />if people have friends <br />across state lines or <br />in other countries. Facebook is also helping Carnegie Mellon University <br />Delphi Research Center to collect COVID-19 data <br />by asking its users to participate in a short survey.
