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Why are people attacking 5G mobile phone masts?

Tanya Beckett looks at 5G and asks why people are attacking mobile phone masts believing they are linked to the coronavirus.

Tanya Beckett looks at 5G and examines why it’s become the centre of conspiracy theories linking it to the coronavirus and others. What is it about the latest mobile technology which some find so alarming that it drives them to attack and burn down this infrastructure? And what draws people to conspiracy theories - even when all available evidence says they’re wrong.

Reporter Tanya Beckett
Producer Jim Frank

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Sat 2 May 2020 16:30GMT
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