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  2. Facebook malware - Wikipedia

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    The social media platform and social networking service Facebook has been affected multiple times over its history by intentionally harmful software. Known as malware, these pose particular challenges both to users of the platform as well as to the personnel of the tech-company itself. Fighting the entities that create these is a topic of ...

  3. Origin of COVID-19 - Wikipedia

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    In March 2023, an international team of virus experts from University of Arizona, Scripps Research Institute, and University of Sydney found genetic evidence that COVID-19 may have originated from the illegal trade of infected raccoon dogs in Wuhan, China, supporting the zoonotic transmission scenario.

  4. COVID-19 misinformation - Wikipedia

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    Misinformation on the subject of COVID-19 has been used by politicians, interest groups, and state actors in many countries for political purposes: to avoid responsibility, scapegoat other countries, and avoid criticism of their earlier decisions. Sometimes there is a financial motive as well.

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  6. Facebook, Instagram users report widespread outage - AOL

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    March 5, 2024 at 11:22 AM. Chris Morris. Facebook did a face-plant Tuesday morning, as hundreds of thousands of users reported problems on Meta’s flagship social media platform, as well as ...

  7. SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant - Wikipedia

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    Omicron (B.1.1.529) is a variant of SARS-CoV-2 first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa on 24 November 2021. [10] [11] It was first detected in Botswana and has spread to become the predominant variant in circulation around the world. [12]

  8. Facebook, citing virus misinformation, deletes Trump post - AOL

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    Facebook has deleted a post by President Donald Trump for violating its policy against spreading misinformation about the coronavirus. The post in question featured a link to a Fox News video in ...

  9. SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant - Wikipedia

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    The Lambda variant, also known as lineage C.37, is a variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. [1] It was first detected in Peru in August 2020. [2] On 14 June 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) named it Lambda variant [1] and designated it as a variant of interest. [3] It has spread to at least 30 countries [4] around the ...