Covid-19 Misinformation | Research

Following the #infodemic of coronavirus misinformation and disinformation from a legal and internet governance perspective. By media lawyer @KelseyFarish

[Joey D'Urso @josephmdurso]

A long read by me for @risj_oxford

The waves of pandemic misinformation have triggered massive changes to how social media works in a short space of time.

Reflecting on my own reporting and analysis from experts, here's what's changed since March...
https://t.co/nQCdzCdj0E

[Covid-19 Misinformation | Research @covidmisinfo]

Nearly a fifth of British adults are likely to refuse a Covid-19 vaccination in an apparent response to “anti-vaxx” conspiracy theories widely spread on social media, a new survey suggests.

https://t.co/4IAoLciaKy

[⬢ Jens Wiëchers @jwiechers]

Cummings said he warned about i.a. corona virus in 2019.

Thing is, he didn't. References to SARS and corona virus were added to his blog post on pandemic risks sometime between April and May of this year.

[Oxford Academic @OUPAcademic]

"We need to start immediately to use evidence-based communication methods to preempt the different varieties of misinformation about a vaccine for COVID-19." @saragorm and @jackgorm discuss the anti-vaxxer response to the ongoing pandemic. #SciComm https://t.co/vBJYKcGxCQ

[Covid-19 Misinformation | Research @covidmisinfo]

Seen in @PrivateEyeNews No. 1522 • #covidmisinfo and conspiracies surrounding 5G and health workers on TikTok

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

3/A Google-powered search tool for coronavirus papers:

https://t.co/P4b9WUF5WR

[Brian Moore @brianmoore666]

My garden hasn't got planning permission for a 52 floor skyscraper, but if it did it would be worth £50m Is this really the best they can do?

[Sophie L. Vériter @SLVeriter]

Russian disinformation and interference in 🇬🇪🇲🇩🇺🇦 in current times ⬇️
A very stimulating discussion with @EtoBuziashvili @ngumenyuk and @PashaValeriu

[Jennifer Gunter @DrJenGunter]

I've seen this lie passed around a few times. People. If masks reduced oxygen levels and raised carbon dioxide how could surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists wear then for short surgeries, never mind for 10 hour? Or longer.

[Otto English @Otto_English]

What *were* the chances that ardent Brexiter, no deal advocate, climate change denier and all round conspiracy theorist Piers Corbyn would also think that 5G and the coronavirus pandemic were linked - a ‘pack of lies to brainwash you and keep you in order’

[DFRLab - @dfrlab.bsky.social @DFRLab]

From flamingos in Venice to a notoriously misleading documentary, the @washingtonpost shares work from The Sift newsletter by @NewsLitProject debunking three of the latest #COVID19 #misinformation and #disinformation stories.
https://t.co/OMaemDSVdf

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

This is SO troubling. The ‘fake news’ we seem to be guilty of is saying #COVID19 is serious. In the US there are now:
86 thousand deaths.
1.4 million people infected.
That seems quite serious

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Health minister Nadine Dorries accused of spreading 'fake news' about Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer https://t.co/tGVL41iIMd

[Dr. Dave Stukus @AllergyKidsDoc]

#COVID19 misinformation is constant & harmful. Latest false information focuses on face masks.

Let's be clear. Wearing a face mask in public, even for prolonged periods of time, will NOT:

-Give you carbon dioxide poisoning
-Lower your immune system
https://t.co/MEDw0J1FGD

[Trevor Bedford @trvrb]

We now have enough #SARSCoV2 genomic data from different states to make some broad conclusions about how the #COVID19 epidemic has unfolded in the US. 1/14

[Ronald Klain @RonaldKlain]

We literally left them a 69-page Pandemic Playbook.... that they ignored

And an office called the Pandemic Preparedness Office... that they abolished.

And a global monitoring system called PREDICT .. that they cut by 75%

[Sarah Frier @sarahfrier]

Facebook and Google say you can WFH all year... and Twitter says actually, you can WFH forever. https://t.co/r4j2oiQGLR

[Water UK @WaterUK]

Earlier today, PM Boris Johnson mistakenly referred to COVID-19 being in the #water supply.

It’s not, and No. 10 has now issued a correction. Your tap water remains perfectly safe.

#Covid_19 #Covid19 #Covid #Coronavirus

https://t.co/IS8GZRhQ5D

[Tactical Tech @Info_Activism]

Covid-19: the psychology of conspiracy theories https://t.co/KTDtZbfflg