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| Corona infection infects Facebook and forces it to cancel its most important conferences |
Facebook announced Thursday that the F8 Developers Annual Conference has been canceled due to fears of a coronavirus outbreak. To date, many activities have been canceled due to the virus.
The meeting was originally scheduled for May 5-6, but the meeting was canceled as usual, and Facebook said, "Locally hosted events, videos, and live content will replace the meeting."
Facebook, which has the largest social network in the world, said in a statement: "Due to the increased focus on COVID-19, we have made the difficult decision this year to remove the personal component of F8 to prioritize our partners and employees and the health and safety of everyone who helps us. In F8 residence."
Facebook said in a statement that it had considered other options for the meeting, but he concluded: "It is important that we host a full event, and this is not possible." Organizing the F8 race without the international developer.
It should be noted that the F8 conference was not the first major technical event to be canceled due to the Corona virus epidemic, as other conferences have been canceled, such as: for example: Mobile World Congress MWC 2020 and GDC 2020 Game Developers Conference.