Here's a quick thread of three top reads on coronavirus and information disorder for you today, collated by the First Draft monitoring team:
"Harmful misinformation about the coronavirus abounds in Latin American Christian communities, with figures such as Gutierrez...capitalizing on fear to promote anti-vaccine sentiment” — @dann_acosta, @mdywebb and @jailongo on religious misinformation
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Memes, hashtags and other celebratory content are still spreading on its platforms, with one fundraiser attracting over 17,000 shares to hundreds of groups - latest from @juliacarriew theguardian.com/technology/202…
A new story from @oneunderscore__ finds fake Twitter accounts purporting to be Black Americans who switched their vote to Republican. One used a profile picture of an Instagram model, another a cropped stock photo nbcnews.com/tech/security/…
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