face masks
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Designer Turns Into Bane With A Robotic Face Mask That Auto-Closes When It Senses People
Unless you’re completely irresponsible and utterly lacking in empathy, wearing a face mask is going to be a routine part of life well into 2021. In a questionable attempt to make masks more comfortable, a YouTuber has shared his custom creation that can automatically open to let fresh air in when no one’s around—at the…
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Hong Kong Court Upholds Part Of Mask Ban Intended To Suppress Protests Despite Coronavirus
A court in Hong Kong largely upheld a ban on face masks at illegal assemblies on Thursday, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic—though it also found that bans at legal assemblies or allowing police to demand that people remove their masks violates the special administrative region’s constitution, per the Guardian.
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Etsy Encourages Sellers To Produce Cloth Face Masks, So Long As They Don’t Make Health Claims
On the day that the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised the public to wear cloth face masks to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, Etsy’s CEO, Josh Silverman, told his community of sellers that those with the skills and materials to make these masks should consider doing so. But the company…
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Facebook Will Ban Ads For Face Masks On Its Platforms To Keep People From Profiting Off The Coronavirus Crisis
Facebook announced this week that it’s temporarily banning ads and commerce listings for medical face masks on two of its platforms—Facebook and Instagram—in light of the novel coronavirus outbreak. Company officials said that they were against people exploiting this public health emergency to make a profit.