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World Service,16 Dec 2016,23 mins

Facebook's Plan To Foil Fake News

Tech Life

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Rory Cellan-Jones hears what Facebook is doing to tackle the spread of false news on its network. Plus is 5G phone technology overhyped and not needed? We ask industry expert Prof William Webb, and Prof Rahim Tafazolli of the University of Surrey 5G Innovation Centre. And Justin Westbrook of the car site Jalopnik gives his view on our readiness for autonomous vehicles. With special guest Madhumita Murgia from the Financial Times, and Chris Baraniuk from the BBC Online tech desk. (Image: Facebook "Like" sign outside company HQ, Credit: AFP/ Getty Images).

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