Google also announced a variety of measures to help increase awareness, information on vaccines, testing, and more. We know the biggest way we can help is through our core information products like Search and Maps, YouTube, and Ads. Our COVID features on Search are available in India in English and eight Indian languages, and we continue to improve localization and highlight authoritative information. That includes information on where to get testing and vaccines; so far, Maps and Search surface thousands of vaccine sites, and we are working to add tens of thousands more, the company said in a blog.
CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella also took to Twitter to say Microsoft would use its resources and technology to support India during the crisis.
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Australia s Prime Minister Scott Morrison called Facebook arrogant for unfriending the country.
The comments came after government pages were inadvertently silenced in Facebook s ban on Australian news content.
Facebook s ban was in response to Australia s proposed law, the News Media Bargaining Code.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has blasted Facebook as arrogant over its decision to unfriend Australia as part of the social-media giant s ban on news content in the country.
The comments come after several state health departments accounts were silenced in Facebook s blanket ban on Australians seeing and posting news on its site.
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Crown CEO Ken Barton has resigned after an inquiry showed it had failed to stem money laundering.
The Bergin Inquiry found Barton was no match for what s needed at the helm of a casino licensee.
Barton may walk away with up to $60 million (AUD 77 million) in compensation.
Crown s top executive could not survive a damning inquiry that found regulators could not have confidence in the company under his stewardship.
CEO and managing director Ken Barton stepped down on Monday after Crown was hung out to dry by an inquiry that found its Sydney operation wasn t suitable to hold a casino license at this time.
Its pages boasted tens of thousands of users in countries including Bolivia, Colombia, Argentina and Ecuador.
One group for users in Mexico, seen by Insider, had 45,000 members.
Comusav in a statement to Insider claimed that the bleach treatment works, which is contested by medical authorities like the FDA, which says it is toxic and that there is no evidence it is effective as a treatment for any illness.
Though Facebook has introduced a number of policies that it says has reduced the ability of users to spread medical misinformation, advocates were still able to use the platform.
Before their removal, the groups existed in the open, and users made no attempt to conceal their activities and beliefs.