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Coronavirus: Travellers from Belgium, Andorra, and the Bahamas must quarantine in UK

Thu, Aug 6th 2020, 03:47 PM

Grant Shapps said the changes start at 04:00 BST on Saturday except in Wales, where it starts at midnight Thursday.

The countries are the latest to be affected by a change in travel advice, after Spain and Luxembourg saw quarantines re-imposed last month.

Facebook and Twitter restrict Trump accounts over 'harmful' virus claim

Facebook and Twitter restrict Trump accounts over 'harmful' virus claim

Thu, Aug 6th 2020, 12:53 PM

Facebook deleted the post - a clip from an interview Mr Trump gave to Fox News - saying it contained "harmful Covid misinformation".

Twitter followed by saying it had frozen a Trump campaign account until a tweet of the same clip was removed.

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Microsoft's TikTok grab: Inspired or naive?

Wed, Aug 5th 2020, 03:33 PM

Microsoft, wasn't invited to the party.

I thought Microsoft's boss would be relieved that his company was safely out of the firing line.

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Call for TikTok security check before HQ decision

Tue, Aug 4th 2020, 05:26 PM

Neil O'Brien - co-founder of the China Research Group of Tory MPs - said the intelligence services should publish a report into the matter.

President Trump is threatening to ban TikTok in the US.

This has forced the app to ditch plans to establish its headquarters there.

TikTok had been expected to pick California or New York - where it already has offices - after appointing an American ex-Disney executive as its chief executive in May.

However, the US president has since given it an ultimatum to sell its local business to an American firm.

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