U.S govt in talks to use phone data to track virus spread. Facebook, Google and other tech giants will collaborate for the initiative. Location data will be used to determine if people are maintaining social distance. It would be completely anonymous and then sent to officials as a map or data. Health experts can track outbreak more efficiently through anonymized location data. Google and Microsoft recently released web portals giving updates on the pandemic. Social media giants are trying to remove misinformation in their platforms.
