Figures shared with us by the team, based in in Trento, Italy, show that 46,000 Twitter posts which linked to Covid-19 misinformation were published each day this month on average – exposing potentially tens of millions of people to conspiracy theories, hoaxes or false statistics
These findings are likely to underestimate the extent of misinformation. Some of it convincing. Some planted deliberately.
Much spread innocently but people who have not checked its source.
An opinion or rumour becomes an assertion of fact.
A different sort of virus.
Much spread innocently but people who have not checked its source.
An opinion or rumour becomes an assertion of fact.
A different sort of virus.
Here is an information about the ratio of the study’s findings of unreliable to reliable data
They also ranked by country how likely people were to be exposed to unreliable data. Iran was at the top with 73 Iranians dying and hundreds hospitalised from alcohol poisoning in an attempt to eliminate CV19 driven by fake news.
A veritable mountain of misinformation.
@tortoise has provided an infomatic categorising the types of misinformation.
