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Thursday 2 April 2020

Facebook and Fox News hosting virtual town hall on coronavirus pandemic using Portal devices

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Facebook and Fox News will be hosting a virtual town hall tomorrow at 7PM ET about the coronavirus pandemic using Facebook’s Portal video-calling devices, the two companies announced today.

To allow people to participate virtually, Facebook is shipping a Portal Plus device to every audience member so they can attend the town hall and ask questions of the speakers. Approximately 30 people will attend the town hall via Portal, Facebook tells The Verge.

Typically, a total of eight people can be on a Portal call, according to a Facebook support page, so it seems Facebook is making some sort of special circumstance for more people to attend this event.

The town hall is being hosted virtually...

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