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 Download a PDF version here Key findings In this factsheet we identify some of the main types, sources, and claims of COVID-19 misinformation seen so far.

Update: Sputnik falsely says Boris Johnson on lung ventilation

"Johnson will undergo artificial lung ventilation, a source close to the UK healthcare authorities told Sputnik later. “ Source: Sputnik, April 5, 2020 False Johnson’s spokesman called the report “disinformation.

Bizarre in Belarus: Tractors, farms and other weird coronavirus ‘cures’

“People on tractors are working, nobody is talking about the virus. There the tractors will cure everybody. The field cures everyone!

‘Liberal Swine’: How the Kremlin exploits the pandemic for propaganda

Kseniya Kirillova exposes the attempts to discredit the West, undermine Ukraine, and persecute dissidents in the current Russian disinformation campaign. oronavirus is gripping the world and cannot, of course, be ignored by Russian propagandists.

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.

Misleading Mashup: Russia’s COVID-19 ‘Aid’ to U.S.

“’Against the background of the severe epidemiological situation in America, the Russian side offered assistance in the form of medical equipment and protective equipment,’ he said, noting that the U.S. president gratefully accepted this humanitarian assistance.

Fighting infection and malign influence: The Baltic response to the COVID-19 crisis

Past week’s CEPA webinar with the Baltic ambassadors to the United States highlighted the wider impact of the coronavirus pandemic on regional cooperation, the EU, and transatlantic security.

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 News Front.

Coronavirus: BBC challenges Pro-Kremlin reporting from Italy

Moscow’s help to Italy in connection with the coronavirus has been covered extensively, both in international and in Russian media.

Throwing coronavirus disinfo at the wall to see what sticks

The EUvsDisinfo database has been accumulating coronavirus-related disinformation cases for more than two months – it’s time to take a look and see what’s hiding in plain sight.