The partnership is unprecedented: the giant Facebook has aggregated and anonymized data reporting the movements of its users in France, in order to allow researchers to understand how the epidemic is spreading on the territory. "The methodology (...) could be applicable for a second peak possibly, but also for other epidemics," said a scientist interviewed by Europe 1.
FOCUS - Facebook and French researchers join forces to anticipate the next epidemic
2020-06-01T13:12:25.045Z
The partnership is unprecedented: the giant Facebook has aggregated and anonymized data reporting the movements of its users in France, in order to allow researchers to understand how the epidemic is spreading on the territory. & quot; The methodology (...) could be applicable for a second peak possibly, but also for other epidemics & quot;, estimates a scientist interviewed by Europe 1.
Source: europe1