Covid-19 coronavirus: India s cities are under siege - now its rural areas are in the firing line
26 Apr, 2021 11:35 PM
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India is fighting a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that is killing thousands each day. Video / AP
India is fighting a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that is killing thousands each day. Video / AP
Daily Telegraph UK
By: Joe Wallen and Mohammad Sartaj Alam
India s devastating Covid-19 epidemic, which is killing thousands of people each day in major cities including Delhi and Mumbai, is now spreading uncontrollably in its most vulnerable rural hinterland, home to 800 million Indians.
Decades of underfunding in India s healthcare system has left the nation s rural areas facing widespread shortages of oxygen, tests, medication, and, in many areas, a medical professional, creating a vacuum of critical care and leaving openings for quack doctors.
Australian MP Craig Kelly deleted from Facebook over Covid-19 misinformation
26 Apr, 2021 03:30 AM
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Outspoken Australian MP Craig Kelly has been removed from Facebook. Photo / News Corp Australia
news.com.au
Controversial Australian MP Craig Kelly has had his Facebook profile removed by the social media giant for his repeated spreading of misinformation about Covid-19.
In a statement, a Facebook spokesman said the platform didn t allow anyone, including elected officials, to share misinformation about Covid-19 that could lead to imminent physical harm, or Covid-19 vaccines that have been debunked by public health experts. We have clear policies against this type of content and have removed Kelly s Facebook page for repeated violations of this policy.
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April 25, 2021
ISLAMABAD: National Counter Terrorism Authority said more than 19,000 social media had been taken down for inciting hate and spreading terrorism in the country.
Google, Facebook, and Twitter had taken down the 19,727 accounts involved in spreading hate and terrorism, the counter-terrorism agency said.
9,633 pages were spreading religious hatred, while 10,094 social media accounts were promoting terrorism and were blocked on the request of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, NACTA said.
NACTA said five websites, spreading terrorism-related material, were also blocked, adding a total of 24,038 social media-related complaints were filed in 2020.
The development comes after services of social media platforms Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, and Telegram were blocked for four hours in Pakistan on April 16.