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Social Media Buzz: Fake F. Scott Fitzgerald Letter Goes Viral; Online Climate Strikes

Femi Oke (@FemiOke), host of “The Stream” on Al Jazeera English, breaks down the social media trends this week.

Apple and Google are collaborating to develop a way for smartphones to track contact tracing. Plus, Friday climate strikes move online, and a fake letter written by F. Scott Fitzgerald during the Spanish flu pandemic goes viral.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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