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Short animations giving viewers a taste of the tactics behind misinformation can help to “inoculate” people against harmful content on social media when deployed in YouTube’s advert slot, according to a major online experiment led by the University of Cambridge.
A COUPLE died when the Honda in which they were sitting was hit head-on, a court heard.
A COUPLE died when the Honda in which they were sitting was hit head-on, a court heard.
writes Tom Seaward. Nicholas Haynes, 33, was said to have been driving at more than 80mph and on the wrong-side of the road before his powerful Audi struck their smaller car just outside Corston, near Malmesbury. Gillian Smith, 86, and Anthony Webster, 80, were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Honda was injured in the crash on September 16, 2019. Haynes denies two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, claiming he was suffering an epileptic fit. But opening the case at Swindon Crown Court yesterday, prosecutor Don Tait questioned that defence. The prosecution e...