COVID-19 has impacted our lives in a million ways; in this podcast, Maddie and Sophia talk about its impact on social media and the digital realm. With "non-essential" employees working from home, many social media moderators are off the clock and leaving monitoring to automated systems. We ask ourselves, "is fake news and misinformation slipping through the cracks?". We delve deep into what this human absence means for users and brands.

Check out some of these articles to learn more:

https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/3/17/21183557/coronavirus-youtube-facebook-twitter-social-media

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/03/23/facebook-moderators-coronavirus/

https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-social-media-automated-content-moderation/