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Social media giants fail to remove 95% of anti-vaccine misinformation | Thursday 3rd September 2020

Category: Technology
Duration: 00:07:32
Publish Date: 2020-09-03 12:00:00
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The Center for Countering Digital Hate and Restless Development said their Failure to Act report shows social networks are failing in their own misinformation policies. A new £500-million funding package will support trials of a 20-minute test for Covid-19. Also as tensions continue to escalate between India and China along its disputed land border, the Indian government has blocked more Chinese phone apps. A quantum breakthrough means the world is one step closer to having a totally secure internet. By the year 2245 half the planet's atoms could be digital data. Wildfires have set a record for carbon emissions so far this year. And Europe's Vega rocket is back in action, as SpaceX set to launch 60 Starlink satellites today.

 

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