The coronavirus has been among us for a few months, but its prevalence is increasing at alarming rates across society. If all the possible consequences of the virus are unknown, it is better and wiser to take all possible preventative measures.
Google is an integral part of our community, and many of its services exist in our daily lives. The company wanted to take action to help as much as possible, and we discussed how big GM is helping to help.
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet has written a public letter in which it tells all they are doing to fight the spread of the coronavirus.
Google's influence calls for an anti-disinformation bond over the coronavirus
Nowadays, Google is the world's most popular search engine, and that makes it something that is proving important. Frequently seen in the higher positions of each thinking are often chosen high efficiency, in many cases fail to find out if the best-prepared information is true or false.
Google is emphasizing its team Trust and security, which works all day and in all parts of the world. Its purpose, according to the company itself, is:
«Protect our users from phishing, malicious schemes, malware and malware, and we are always looking for new threats. At YouTube, we're working to quickly remove any content that wants to protect the coronavirus instead of seeking treatment. In Google Ads, we block all the ads that use the coronavirus, and block tens of thousands of ads in the last six weeks. We also help WHO and government agencies publish PSA announcements. Google Play also prevents developers from spending money on private events, and our content policies strictly prohibit apps that introduce medical or health-related content or fraudulent or potentially harmful activities.
With regard to ads to appear on YouTube and websites, Google has provided $ 25 million (credit they are willing to pay) to organizations such as WHO and government agencies to use their ad platform to distribute factual information and comparisons
Training by Google Classroom
In the last hours there are many educational institutions that are closed, and that in cities like Madrid all schools are closed. Concerns about the coronavirus will not mean giving up training for students, and in these cases they will start teaching online.
In institutions with G-Suite education has increased the number of video calls with Hangouts Meet 250 users at once, as well as the ability to record these lessons in Google Drive. These capabilities are available for G-Suite Enterprise accounts, but will now be available for all accounts.
On YouTube we will see how much educational resources will increase in the coming days to help. They didn't say anything about their new learning program, but it would be a good chance that all the content in English would begin to expand in other languages.
Bulk telecommunications
Like many other companies, telecommunications has gone from being a recommendation to something. While some of Google's offices will continue to function, many others are already starting to say nothing, prompting all their employees to use their phones. The worst case is in the United States, where Google has emphasized more than 100,000 employees Homework
It is important to note that not all tasks can be done at home, so in the case of Google, a company that specializes in software and Internet services is very easy to adapt to as many positions as possible.