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Facebook launches Tournaments as part of social distancing campaign

Fb's latest attempt to encourage social distancing is Gaming Tournaments, allowing groups of people to play together in spite of social distancing.
Facebook's latest attempt to encourage social distancing is Gaming Tournaments, allowing groups of people to play together despite social distancing.

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Author: Thenextweb

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  8. "Facebook finally adds Holocaust denial and distortion to its list of banned topics, two years after Zuckerberg infamously said it wouldn't". (October 13, 2020)
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