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COVID-19 misinformation
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Disinfodemic – Deciphering COVID-19 disinformation, published by UNESCO
False information, including disinformation and conspiracy theories about the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic and the origin, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease has been spread through social media, text messaging, and mass media. False information has been propagated by celebrities, politicians, and other prominent public figures. Many countries have passed laws against "fake news", and thousands of people have been arrested for spreading COVID-19 misinformation. The spread of COVID-19 misinformation by governments has also been significant.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “COVID-19 misinformation” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.