Types, sources, and claims of COVID-19 misinformation
By Dr. J. Scott Brennen, Felix Simon, Dr Philip N. Howard, Professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, for Reuters Institute
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Key findings
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Update: Sputnik falsely says Boris Johnson on lung ventilation
By Polygraph
Sputnik NewsRussian state-owned media outlet"Johnson will undergo artificial lung ventilation, a source close to the UK healthcare authorities told Sputnik later. “ Source:...
Bizarre in Belarus: Tractors, farms and other weird coronavirus ‘cures’
By Polygraph
Alexander LukashenkaPresident of Belarus“People on tractors are working, nobody is talking about the virus. There the tractors will cure everybody. The field cures...
‘Liberal Swine’: How the Kremlin exploits the pandemic for propaganda
By Ksenita Kirillova, for Byline Times
Kseniya Kirillova exposes the attempts to discredit the West, undermine Ukraine, and persecute dissidents in the current Russian disinformation...
Distortion: Coronavirus Affects Male Reproductive Capacity
At the beginning of April several sites reported that men infected with COVID-19 are in danger of losing their reproductive capacity. The source for...
Misleading Mashup: Russia’s COVID-19 ‘Aid’ to U.S.
By Polygraph
Dmitry Peskovthe Kremlin’s Press Secretary“’Against the background of the severe epidemiological situation in America, the Russian side offered assistance in the form of...
Fighting infection and malign influence: The Baltic response to the COVID-19 crisis
By Réka Szemerkényi, for CEPA
Past week’s CEPA webinar with the Baltic ambassadors to the United States highlighted the wider impact of the coronavirus pandemic...
Fake: Coronavirus Sent from Above as Ukraine’s Retribution for Donbas
The coronavirus is Ukraine’s retribution for the Donbas war sent from above, it is a reckoning for the country’s sins, claims the pro-Kremlin publication...
Coronavirus: BBC challenges Pro-Kremlin reporting from Italy
By EU vs Disinfo
Moscow’s help to Italy in connection with the coronavirus has been covered extensively, both in international and in Russian media.
In Russia,...
Throwing coronavirus disinfo at the wall to see what sticks
By EU vs Disinfo
The EUvsDisinfo database has been accumulating coronavirus-related disinformation cases for more than two months – it’s time to take a look...