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World Service,07 Apr 2020,26 mins

Youtube bans 5G conspiracy theory videos

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YouTube has banned all conspiracy theory videos falsely linking coronavirus symptoms to 5G networks. The Google-owned service will now delete videos violating the policy. It had previously limited itself to reducing the frequency it recommended them in its Up Next section. We hear from the BBC's Zoe Thomas. To mark Global Health Day, Lucy Burton examines how healthcare systems around the world are under strain due to the pandemic. And as America's biggest and most important survey - the US census - gets underway we explore how authorities plan to collect the statistics during an outbreak. (Picture of Youtube logo by Omar Marques/Getty Images).

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