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On October 28, 2020 at 11:04:39 PM UTC, http://www.economist.com/ was accessible when tested on AS33765 in Tanzania.

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href="/asia/2020/10/22/in-myanmar-facebook-struggles-with-a-deluge-of-disinformation"><span class="teaser__headline teaser__headline--sc3">In Myanmar, Facebook struggles with a deluge of disinformation</span></a></h3><p data-test-id="Description" itemProp="description" class="teaser__description teaser__description--sc2">Weeks before an election, Burmese social media are awash with fake news and vitriol</p></div><div itemscope="" itemProp="image" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject" class="teaser__image"><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.economist.com/img/b/1280/720/90/sites/default/files/20201024_ASD002.jpg"/><img loading="lazy" width="1280" height="720" src="https://www.economist.com/img/b/1280/720/90/sites/default/files/20201024_ASD002.jpg" srcSet="https://www.economist.com/img/b/200/113/90/sites/default/files/20201024_ASD002.jpg 200w,https://www.economist.com/img/b/300/169/90/sites/default/files/20201024_ASD002.jpg 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1000w,https://www.economist.com/img/b/1280/755/90/sites/default/files/20201031_WOC015.png 1280w" sizes="(min-width: 1440px) 335px, (min-width: 1280px) 22.5vw, (min-width: 960px) 30vw, (min-width: 600px) 47.5vw, 95vw" alt=""/></div></div></div><div class="layout-moreover"><strong class="ds-section-headline ds-section-headline--rule-emphasised">Moreover</strong><div data-test-id="Article Teaser" class="teaser"><div class="teaser__text"><a class="section-fly" href="/1843">1843 magazine</a><h3><a class="headline-link" href="/1843/2020/10/28/delivering-the-election-a-rural-mailman-makes-his-rounds"><span class="teaser__headline teaser__headline--sc3">Delivering the election: a rural mailman makes his rounds</span></a></h3><p data-test-id="Description" itemProp="description" class="teaser__description teaser__description--sc2">America’s presidential race could well be determined by postal votes. Those delivering ballots through inhospitable conditions are often overworked and underpaid</p></div></div></div></div></div></section><div class="ds-slim-media-promo ds-slim-media-promo--inverse"><div class="ds-layout-grid ds-layout-grid--edged ds-layout-slim-media-promo"><h2 class="ds-slim-media-promo__title">The Economist’s forecast of the US 2020 elections</h2><a class="ds-link-with-arrow-icon ds-link-with-arrow-icon--minor ds-link-with-arrow-icon--heavy ds-link-with-arrow-icon--inverse" href="https://projects.economist.com/us-2020-forecast/"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g id="icon-link-arrow" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"><path class="path-background" d="M12 1c6.075 0 11 4.925 11 11s-4.925 11-11 11S1 18.075 1 12 5.925 1 12 1zm.142 4.5l-1.008 1.062c3.33 3.276 4.194 4.14 4.608 4.5-1.602-.018-3.168-.018-10.242-.018v1.584c7.074 0 8.73 0 10.242-.018-.432.36-1.314 1.206-4.608 4.536l1.008 1.044 6.354-6.354L12.142 5.5z" fill="#3C4FAF" fill-rule="nonzero"></path></g></svg><span>Read now</span></a></div></div><section class="layout-current-edition"><div class="current-edition"><h2 class="current-edition__section-headline">Weekly edition</h2><div class="ds-layout-grid"><div class="current-edition__header"><h3 class="current-edition__headline">Who controls the conversation? Social media and free speech</h3><span class="section-dateline">October 24th 2020</span></div><div itemscope="" itemProp="image" itemType="https://schema.org/ImageObject" class="current-edition__cover"><meta itemProp="url" content="https://www.economist.com/img/b/1280/1684/90/sites/default/files/print-covers/20201024_cna1280.jpg"/><img loading="lazy" width="1280" height="1684" src="https://www.economist.com/img/b/1280/1684/90/sites/default/files/print-covers/20201024_cna1280.jpg" srcSet="https://www.economist.com/img/b/200/263/90/sites/default/files/print-covers/20201024_cna1280.jpg 200w,https://www.economist.com/img/b/300/395/90/sites/default/files/print-covers/20201024_cna1280.jpg 300w,https://www.economist.com/img/b/400/526/90/sites/default/files/print-covers/20201024_cna1280.jpg 400w,https://www.economist.com/img/b/600/789/90/sites/default/files/print-covers/20201024_cna1280.jpg 600w,https://www.economist.com/img/b/640/842/90/sites/default/files/print-covers/20201024_cna1280.jpg 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