An example of this question in action is the criticism that online video companies have received for making available an anti-vaccine documentary that was directed by the author of the discredited Lancet study on the link between the MMR vaccine and autism. 31 This important principle has been reaffirmed with the creation of UK Research and Innovation. Government is fully committed to the principle that funding decisions should be taken by experts in their relevant areas and […] have ensured this is reflected in the design of UKRI. DfE Higher Education and Research Bill: UKRI Vision, Principles & Governance. 32 These principles also underpin the MPC in which independent experts debate the issues and vote on interest rates based on their best professional judgment. 33 Germany, with a long tradition of prosecuting hate speech, is considering imposing a fine on those that transmit fake news. As a result, Facebook is putting in place a process to flag dubious stories to a fact checker, during which they will not be prioritized by news feed algorithms. Facebook, Google, Buzzfeed and others have joined an industry initiative called Crosscheck which aims to verify content circulating online, with a particular focus on the upcoming French presidential election. 30  9  All speeches are available online at www.bankofengland.co.uk/speeches  9  3.
It shed off 1.3% value against the euro and depreciated by 1.9% vis-à-vis the rand ending the quarter at an average of € and  8  Lusaka, Livingstone, Mfuwe and Ndola. 9  South Luangwa, Mosi-oa-Tunya, Lower Zambezi, Kafue, North Luangwa, Blue Lagoon. BIS Review 148/2010  9  K677.45/ZAR, respectively. The rate of depreciation against the pound sterling was relatively lower at 0.6% with the Kwacha trading at £ With regard to the volume of foreign exchange transactions, a total of $ million was exchanged in the domestic interbank market. From the rest of the market, commercial banks purchased a net of $ million compared to net sales of $ million the previous quarter. Similarly banks made net purchases of € million Euros during the review period. Conversely, banks’ net sales of the South African rand amounted to ZAR729.3 million, higher than ZAR645.3 million recorded in the second quarter. Transactions involving the pound sterling followed a similar trend, with commercial banks recording net sales of ₤2.5 million depicting a reduction over the previous quarter’s net sales of ₤1.7 million. Balance of payments Preliminary data show that Zambia’s overall balance of payments (BoP) recorded a surplus of US $ million during the third quarter of 2010 compared to a deficit of US $ million in the previous quarter. This was driven by the improvement in the performance of both the current account and the capital and financial account balances.