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Jun 2019
15m 20s

Unsafe Selfies

Spotlight English
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What would you do to take the perfect selfie? Would you do something dangerous? Crazy? Adam Navis and Katy Blake tell about government efforts to stop people from taking dangerous selfies. 
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