I think a certain section of society always seeks alternative reasons. They see things through the prism of conspiracy.

Deep, but subtle link between the psychology of minimalism and libertarianism.

They are an official content partner of Reuters. They pay to publish some of the same stories at exactly the same time and are therefore the original source.

If you look back in history, strange conspiracy theories and hysteria always grips the weak minded when things go wrong.

They are an affiliate (official content partner) of Reuters. They publish some of the same stories at the same time therefore the original source.

Same as Verge and Silicon and most newspapers. Without publishers the newswires simply would not exist.

Whilst its great for governments to support their local businesses, this will not help null the longstanding rumours surrounding the true ownership of the company.

Does Lyft or Uber have something similar with other manufacturers?

Remember, this is an emergency on an epic scale. Hopefully it will pass any things will return to normal (or something like it).

Hopefully WFH stays.

Interestingly, Sky News in the UK tweeted (and then deleted) a message stating that the UK government had asked mobile operator O2 to provide them with similar data.