The year 2020 is also nearing completion, so this year, due to corona virus, people has been very busy using social media. Today, we are going to discuss the issues which were the most talked about on social media’s most famous platform, Facebook. Meanwhile, Facebook believes that everyone would like to forget this year, but the year 2020 will always be remembered in history because this year has changed all of us.
- Coronavirus
Coronavirus, which has been the most discussed topic this year, has affected everyone. A hashtag named #aplausosanitatio was launched in March this year through which the people of Spain honored their country’s medical staff. Meanwhile, according to a report, there was more chatting on Facebook than Instagram in Italy during the lockdown period. The number of live videos got doubled. People used to stand and live in their balcony. Not only this, Facebook Live’s viewership increased by upto 50%.
- Coby Bryant
National Basketball Association (NBA) veteran Kobi Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash in suburban Los Angeles. He was 41. Also died in the accident was his 13 year old daughter Gianna. After the death of Coby Bryant, there was a lot of discussion about his life on Facebook.
- George Floyd
There was great uproar in America ensuing to the death of George Floyd, an American citizen of African origin. After George’s death, he was very much discussed in social media. Not only this, a hashtag of Black Life Matters was also run on Facebook, in which more than 7.5 million posts on #Black Life Matters posted daily.
- Global politics
US had its presidential elections this year. The discussions about this election had started in the beginning of the year been not only in America but also in India. In August earlier this year, most of the mentions were received by the American Vice presidential Candidate Kamala Harris, the American vice Presidential candidate. Not only this, Kamala Harris became so much discussed that more than 1 crore posts have been posted in her name in a single day. According to Facebook, this year, almost every person in America who was about to vote, discovered the process of America’s election on the Internet.