Facebook takes down Trump ads over ‘organized hate’ policy
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about police reform before signing an executive order on the issue in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., June …
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Twitter takes down Beijing-backed influence operation pushing coronavirus messages
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter (TWTR.N) on Thursday said it removed more than 170,000 accounts tied to a Beijing-backed influence operation that deceptively spread messages favorable to the Chinese government, …
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Tyson the alpaca takes heavyweight role in search for coronavirus vaccine
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Scientists in Sweden are hoping an alpaca named Tyson can help deliver a knockout blow in the fight to develop a treatment or vaccine against the novel …
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Facebook takes down white nationalist and fake antifa accounts
FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said …
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Google takes down Indian app that removed Chinese ones: spokesman
FILE PHOTO: Remove China Apps is seen in the Google Play store on a mobile phone in this illustration taken June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/Illustration/File Photo NEW DELHI (Reuters) – …
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Thai artist ‘restless hands’ takes coronavirus battle to the streets
Mue Bon, a Thai street artist paints a mural depicting characters attempting to keep a virus at bay, in Bangkok, amidst an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Thailand, …
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With fact-checks, Twitter takes on a new kind of task
(Reuters) – In addition to disputing misleading claims made by U.S. President Donald Trump about mail-in ballots this week, Twitter has added fact-checking labels to thousands of other tweets since …
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