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Technology · 5:09 PM UTCWhite House blames Facebook and YouTube for spreading vaccine misinformation

The White House has YouTube, not just Facebook, on its list of social media platforms officials say are responsible for an alarming spread of misinformation about COVID vaccines and are not doing enough to stop it, sources familiar with the administration's thinking said.

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Event management software company Cvent will merge with a blank-check firm in a deal that gives it an enterprise value of $5.3 billion, returning to the public markets five years after it was taken private.

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