Twar declared on 5G conspiracy theories

LONDON: Twitter said yesterday that it would tackle the spread of damaging conspiracy theories linking mobile phone technology with the coronavirus with a prompt to direct people searching for 5G to British government-verified information.

The theory has resulted in attacks on mobile telecoms masts and abuse directed at engineers in Britain.

Twitter said the search prompt would inform users that the government had seen no link between 5G and Covid-19, and include a link to a government website with credible, factual and verified information in relation to 5G. | Reuters