San Francisco (CNN Business) The coronavirus is forcing big changes to the way Facebook operates and stretching the company to its limits, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. "Right now, this isn't a massive outbreak in the majority of countries around the world yet," Zuckerberg told reporters on a conference call Wednesday. Zuckerberg said Facebook's services are facing "big surges" in usage as the coronavirus forces millions around the world to stay home, describing it as "well beyond" the main annual spike usually seen on New Year's Eve. Voice and video calls on WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, in particular, are at more than double their usual levels. The pressure to keep the engine running comes as Facebook has been working for months to battle the spread of fake news around the coronavirus, taking down false claims about everything from how the virus spreads to what can cure it.

Source: CNN March 18, 2020 23:48 UTC