Facebook adds a 'Hug' emoticon in the Like button

Facebook is not only famous for the Like button, but also in a series of emoticons that help users easily express their feelings before the content is shared. Currently, Facebook has 6 emoticons hidden in the Like button, including: Like (like), Love (favorite), Haha, Wow (surprise), Sad (sad) and Angry (indignation). In the future, there will be another very interesting and humane emoticon will be added by Facebook, 'Hug' (hug), as a tool to show interest and care. care and good wishes that everyone sends to each other. Especially in the context of COVID-19 epidemic is still complicated worldwide.

New emoticons are images of faces full of hope, embracing a heart, and Facebook hopes that this emoticon will help people to feel the sharing, care and love sent to each other in every situation, every difficulty, not just before a pandemic.

The new emojis are expected to be launched on both the Facebook app and website platforms in the next few days for global users and will of course still be placed in the Like button similar to other Facebook icons. In addition, there will also be new emoticons with heart beating images will be added on Messenger to replace the current static heart icon. Users will be given the option to switch to a new emoticon, while the usage is unchanged.

These are just minor additions to the much larger issues that Facebook is currently facing as the pandemic continues to spread, one of which is the issue of fake news. Recently, the social networking platform has added a series of features to prevent the spread of fake information, as well as improve the understanding and provide accurate information about COVID-19 to more than 2 billion users. such as launching an information center on the Corona virus displayed at the top of the News Feed, or sending warning messages to any user who has interacted with false information about the disease.