UK wants an end to the spread of 5g fake news after arson masts

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The UK government wants Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube and Twitter to end the spread of conspiracy theories linking 5G to the novel coronavirus after British activists set fire to 5G towers.

The UK government is in talks with social media companies to urge them to take action, writes The Guardian. The paper writes that some celebrities in the country helped spread conspiracy theories about 5G. For example, a Britain’s Got Talent jury member is said to have shared a link to a petition, which has since been deleted, linking the symptoms of Covid-19 to the presence of 5G masts.

Last week, 5g masts in Birmingham, Liverpool and Belfast were set on fire. Video images would show that resistance to the arrival of 5G because of the alleged health risks is the motive for the arson. Telecom technicians in the country would be threatened because of their work, writes The Guardian further.

Britain’s NHS chief of health calls the conspiracy theories “the worst kind of fake news.” “The truth is that the mobile networks are absolutely essential for all of us, especially at a time when we ask people to stay at home and not see family and friends. But it is also the networks that our health and emergency services use.” He is outraged that people are taking action against the infrastructure on which health services now depend.

YouTube has pledged to take action against videos with misleading claims about 5G and actively remove them.

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