Kang-Xing Jin, friend of Mark Zuckerberg and long-time Facebook employee, is leading efforts to stop the spread of misinformation about coronavirus on the site
As the company works to contain coronavirus misinformation, Facebook's head of health steps into the spotlight. Tweets: @tonyromm , @peterbotting , @blmohr , @vincekuraitis , @ccheever , @chrissyfarr , @demccaffrey , and @bizcarson Tweets: Tony Romm / @tonyromm : late to this, but @issielapowsky has a great profile of kang-xing jin, who's leading facebook's efforts to combat coronavirus misinformation https://www.protocol.com/... Peter Botting / @peterbotting : Zuckerberg on coronavirus: Facebook is working closely with the World Health Organization, the Center for Disease Control, UNICEF, and various health ministries. That includes giving the WHO unlimited, free access to advertisements on Facebook. https://twitter.com/... @blmohr : “About a year and a half ago, Kang-Xing Jin, one of Facebook's oldest employees and a friend of Mark Zuckerberg's from their Harvard days, stepped into the role of head of health for the company without much fanfare — or health experience to speak of.” https://www.protocol.com/... Vince Kuraitis / @vincekuraitis : @chrissyfarr @protocol Not surprising. Having worked w/ big tech co.s, new to healthcare, the initial mindset can be that “HC is just one more industry”. Can take a while to figure out that HC complexity, lack of science, & idiosyncracies can eat you alive and that your mistakes can kill people. Charlie Cheever / @ccheever : @chrissyfarr @protocol KX is serious and smart and good and reasonable. He'll talk to people who are experts and listen. If he is working on it, it means the company is taking it seriously. To the extent it matters what Facebook does about this situation, this makes me feel good. Christina Farr / @chrissyfarr : Not that doctors are always the right choice to run health projects. Some don't fit in to tech culturally. But having no medical background can be problematic too. Ideally, I hear, you want someone who has medical AND tech/entrepreneurial experience. Daniel McCaffrey / @demccaffrey : @chrissyfarr @protocol The # of execs running health projects, prod., comps., etc. in the state of CA (LA/SD/SF/SJ) that I've come across over the past 6 years is astounding. (And probably a major cause for why digital health in this state has little to show for it). This just highlights that issue. Biz Carson / @bizcarson : Just a reminder that Zuckerberg's college buddy (who has no medical background or expertise) is leading Facebook's coronavirus response. Story here from @issielapowsky: https://www.protocol.com/...