Social media companies vowed to remove "Plandemic," a video featuring false claims about the coronavirus from a discredited scientist. But it racked up more than 8 million views less than a week after it was posted anyway. We tracked how it spread. nyti.ms/3cKN2Ap
Here's how the slickly produced and discredited 26-minute video went from a niche conspiracy video to a mainstream phenomenon. nyti.ms/3cKN2Ap 
The discredited video has been liked, commented on or shared nearly 2.5 million times on Facebook, according to our analysis of CrowdTangle data. Here's how the video compares to other recent online events. nyti.ms/3cKN2Ap
The video spread widely among Facebook Groups. But the false information was also spread by a well-known doctor, a popular mixed martial arts fighter, mainstream political voices and the right-wing conspiracy group QAnon. nyti.ms/3cKN2Ap
The false information continues to spread online, raising questions about how it might damage trust in the medical community and color people’s views on a coronavirus vaccine. Read more on how the video spread — even after it was debunked and discredited. nyti.ms/3cKN2Ap
