In Georgia, clerics use anti-vaxx rhetoric, call pandemic a “bluff”
“It has been transpiring that the current pandemic – as I have been told and also, I watched some programs I was sent via WhatsApp yesterday – is, after all, a bluff.
Australia Parliament debunks 5G COVID-19 conspiracy theory
An Australian parliamentary report has debunked a conspiracy theory linking COVID-19 to 5G technology. Anti-lockdown protesters in Australia and beyond have claimed a connection between the new coronavirus and the rollout of the mobile communications standard.
Stanisław Żaryn: Putin’s “corona-diplomacy”
In the COVID-19 pandemic Vladimir Putin sees a chance to pull Russia out of its international isolation. Therefore, the coronavirus crisis has become a tool widely used in the Kremlin’s diplomatic offensive.
Capitalizing on the coronavirus conspiracist frenzy
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to monopolise public life around the world, conspiracy theories about the virus continue to gather steam – and pro-Kremlin media are eager to jump on the bandwagon.
Figure of the week: 117 million
Harmful misinformation on coronavirus was shared over 1.7 million times on Facebook and viewed an estimated 117 million times.
Americans struggle to navigate COVID-19 “infodemic”
The novel coronavirus pandemic has spawned what the World Health Organization is calling an “infodemic,” an overabundance of information — some of it false — about COVID-19.
Kremlin Watch Briefing: Disinformation campaigns on COVID-19 in the V4
HR/VP Borrell was questioned by the European Parliament on the watering down of the EEAS disinformation report due to Chinese pressure.
Lavrov Says ‘Not a single fact’ supports accusations of Russian COVID19 disinfo. In fact,...
"As far as claims by the European External Action Service are concerned, the claims that our countries have been allegedly spreading disinformation about everything that is happening in relation to the…
COVID-19: Pro-Kremlin media defend Beijing
Kremlin-controlled media have defended Chinese authorities against criticism, combining disinformation with pro-Beijing reporting.
COVID-19 Without Independent Journalism
Imagine a coronavirus crisis with no journalists to report and hold authorities accountable. Such a reality exists: in Russia, a journalist with Novaya Gazeta, Elena Milashina, has first been beaten; then…