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Platforms successfully stopped a lame COVID conspiracy video from going viral

The Verge

Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter were all relatively quick to acknowledge the threat that COVID hoaxes represent, and have worked to purge it from their networks. As NBC News reporter Brandy Zadrozny noted , Facebook blocks users from reposting a link to the new video, which was uploaded to an external site earlier today.

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How Facebook and Google are still helping the FBI find January 6 rioters

Vox

Everyone thought it was cool to take selfies doing crimes until the FBI got all their data from Google and said hello. To verify those tips, the FBI turned to three companies that held a large amount of damning evidence against Messer, simply as a result of his normal use of their services: AT&T, Facebook, and Google.

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