Vladimir Putin has opened Europe's longest and most controversial bridge, providing the first road connection between the Russian mainland and the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea.

Russian President said he was confident people would love the Kerch Strait bridge, after he led a convoy of trucks across it during the opening ceremony today.

The opening ceremony had seen a massive security effort spearheaded by the Russian FSB security service, amid fears of attacks from Ukrainian nationalists.

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In its first quarterly Community Standards Enforcement Report, Facebook disclosed that it disabled 1.3 billion 'fake accounts' over the past two quarters, many of which had 'the intent of spreading spam or conducting illicit activities such as scams'.

The tech giant also revealed millions of standards violations that occurred in the last six months leading up to March.

This includes inappropriate content like vilification, graphic violence, adult nudity and sexual activity, terrorist propaganda, spam and fake accounts.

Facebook acknowledged that its artificial intelligence detection technology 'still doesn't work that well,' particularly when it comes to hate speech, and that it needs to be checked by human moderators.

'It's important to stress that this is very much a work in progress and we will likely change our methodology as we learn more about what's important and what works,' said Guy Rosen, vice president of Product Management at Facebook, in a statement.

'…We have a lot of work still to do to prevent abuse', he added.

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Anti-Erdogan protesters march on Downing Street as the Queen and Theresa May meet 'fascist' Turkish president

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