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Sep 8, 2020, 5 tweets

Here's a quick thread of three top reads on coronavirus and information disorder for you today, collated by the First Draft monitoring team:

Conspiracy theorists such as QAnon them are seeking new avenues to reach an audience - often under a guise of ostensibly wholesome causes, as this @TB_Times report from “SavetheChildren” protests in #Lakeland shows tampabay.com/florida-politi…

While Russian disinformation certainly exists, the perception of its influence far outweighs its actual reach — latest from @yaffaesque featuring experts
@wiczipedia,⁩ @RidT, ⁦@AricToler⁩ ⁦and @peterpomeranzev

newyorker.com/magazine/2020/…

A new TikTok trend sparked outrage at the way Holocaust is portrayed, but done right, first person stories can help us commemorate a difficult history with empathy, writes @ProfSaraJones for @ConversationUK

theconversation.com/tiktok-holocau…

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