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title: "Industry News: March"
description: We take note of the interesting things happening in the world of technology - here's a look at the highlights.
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# [Industry News: March](https://blog.tecterra.com/industry-news-march)

 Written by [TECTERRA](https://blog.tecterra.com/author/tecterra) | Apr 6, 2020 5:18:52 PM

Here is a snapshot of what happened this month.

We take note of the interesting things happening in the world of technology - here's a look at the highlights:

- A [blog on](https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/product/mapping/mapping-coronavirus-responsibly/) ESRI Canada outlines how bias can be (intentionally or unintentionally) embedded in the COVID-19 spread maps we see in the media, and how to map the pandemic responsibly.
- This [opinion piece](https://nationalpost.com/opinion/richard-lachman-technology-can-be-used-to-fight-covid-19-but-safeguards-must-be-put-in-place) outlines how location intelligence is being used to monitor the movements of infected individuals, thus suspending our privacy right in the name of public safety.
- The Open Source community has [launched a program](https://www.geospatialworld.net/blogs/open-source-program-to-assess-and-map-covid-19-hazard-risk/) to assess and map the risk of coronavirus.
- In recent weeks, major tech companies have publicized stronger efforts to police misinformation on their platforms, rolled out testing and triage tools, and donated masks and other medical supplies. [Here is a rundown](https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/01/big-tech-coronavirus-response/) of what Big Tech is doing.
- [Here’s how](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-google-community-mobility-data-1.5522674) mobility in Alberta and Canada has changed due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Google’s location data.

 

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