Here's a quick thread of three top reads on coronavirus and information disorder for you today, collated by the First Draft monitoring team:
We tend to think of vaccine misinformation coming predominantly from anti-vaccine communities, but researchers have found that “vaccine proponents were not immune to spreading less reliable claims” misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/not-ju…
"In many respects, this new bill seems to seek not to combat fake news but, rather, to control users," writes @tvaskko of Brazil's proposed "fake news" legislation technologyreview.com/2020/09/10/100…
Is disinformation creeping into Wall Street, which is heavily reliant on high-quality and on-point market analysis? A @CNN report suggests the pandemic-linked information disorder is already reaching top-level investment decision makers: edition.cnn.com/2020/09/09/bus…
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