
From the UK Telegraph:
Tech giants are facing calls from ministers to halt the spread of “crazed conspiracy theories” about 5G after mobile phone masts were set alight and telecoms engineers abused by people peddling “nonsense” linking the digital technology to the Covid-19 outbreak.
This week, Oliver Dowden, the Digital and Culture Secretary, will ask social media companies to crack down on misinformation fuelling “criminal behaviour” as the NHS warned that activists were targeting the infrastructure being used by emergency services combating the coronavirus.
Michael Gove, the Cabinet Office minister, described conspiracy theories blaming 5G masts for the spread of Covid-19 as “dangerous nonsense”.
The Government’s intervention came after masts in Birmingham and Liverpool were feared to have been targeted by…
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