Google starts publishing smartphone location data to test coronavirus lockdown strategy

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Google's Community Mobility Reports cover anonymised data from 131 countries

Google has released location data for users in 131 countries including the UK to help governments evaluate the effectiveness of confinement and social distancing measures being imposed to fight the...

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