On-Line News Here And Abroad

On-line communications and social media were very much in the news last week. With restrictions on people’s move-ments in countries around the globe, many people took to their laptops and computers to connect with their offices and reach out to other people.

In the United States, President Donald Trump was, as usual, tweeting opinions and attacks on various issues, including his claim that China didn’t inform the world early enough about the COVID-19 epidemic. He also tweeted the US would take action against China for its move to impose national security laws on Hong Kong.

But it was his tweeting against mailed-in balloting that led the Tweeter company to add a link to a Trump tweet, saying: “Get the facts about mail-in ballots.” Readers were directed to a page that stated: “Fact-checkers say there is no evidence that mail-in ballots are linked to voter fraud.”