Here's a quick thread of three top reads on coronavirus and information disorder for you today, collated by the First Draft monitoring team:
References to non-specific authority sources can function as a warning sign that misinformation follows not far behind — new research from the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review
misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/misinf…
The disinformation landscape across the United States, Venezuela, Brazil, Turkey, Nicaragua, Hungary, the Philippines and India is eerily similar - their leaders have turned social media into a weapon, writes @ctardaguila for @Poynter
poynter.org/fact-checking/…
Despite its public comments, Facebook didn’t delete an event page for a Kenosha militia group following a shooting in which two died. One of many ways the platform failed the city, via @RMac18
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