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World Service,20 Aug 2019,53 mins

Twitter and Facebook block Hong Kong misinformation

Newsday

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Twitter and Facebook say they've taken steps to block a Chinese misinformation campaign targeting the protest movement in Hong Kong; a court in El Salvador has pardoned a woman convicted under the country's strict abortion laws. Evelyn Hernandez had been raped as a teenager and was serving a thirty year sentence; and Indonesian authorities say they have regained control after protesters set fire to a local parliament building in the eastern province of West Papua.

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