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Kids in Navajo Nation have limited Internet access and no school because of the coronavirus
Native Americans who live in the Navajo Nation along the remote borders of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico often have a lack of running water, limited Internet access, and now soaring cases of covid-19.
Cat Zakrzewski: NYU report calls on social media companies to stop outsourcing content moderation (Washington Post)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 06/08/2020 - 12:11Geoffrey Fowler: You are probably spreading misinformation. Here’s how to stop. (Washington Post)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 06/05/2020 - 13:515G conspiracy theories threaten the U.S. recovery
As though Americans don’t have enough to worry about right now, some people have recently been stoking fears about the supposedly harmful health effects of 5G — the new generation of wireless broadband networks. For decades, the Federal Communications Commission has ensured that equipment that transmits information over radio waves — from station antennas to cell towers to mobile phones to laptops — is safe for consumer use. The FCC most recently reviewed and reaffirmed those standards, which are among the most stringent in the world, in an order issued late in 2019.