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Social media bosses told to crack down on 'crazed' conspiracies after 5G masts torched

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Social media bosses will be ordered to crack down on fake news and “crazed” conspiracy theories about Covid-19 after two 5G masts went up in flames.

Police and firefighters were called to a blazing mobile tower off the M57 near Liverpool on Friday after bogus claims linking the technology with the virus.

It came after a fire at a 70ft mast in the Sparkhill area of Birmingham on Thursday. Both incidents came amid bizarre suggestions 5G is driving the pandemic.

Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson said: “I’ve reported a tweet to police which said ‘If you don’t halt them [the masts] Joe, we will’.” Culture Secretary James Dowden will now tell Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Google and YouTube to curb conspiracy theories, bogus scientific reports and

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