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• @brianstelter Brian Stelter on x

  The NYT's searches “found dozens of videos, photographs and written posts on each of the social media platforms that appeared to have slipped through the cracks...” https://twitter.com/...

• @carolecadwalla Carole Cadwalladr on x

  More sterling work from big tech. ‘There is so much inaccurate information about the virus, the W.H.O. has said it was confronting a “infodemic.” ’ https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @lymanbiopharma Stewart Lyman on x

  The “infodemic” of misinformation, which we've seen so widely used against vaccines, is breaking out on social media about the coronavirus. Illustrates why we need to stand strong in defending science and combating misinformation wherever we find it. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @monicadrake Monica Drake on x

  There is so much inaccurate information about the virus, the W.H.O. has said it was confronting a “infodemic.” - via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @raju Raju Narisetti on x

  The opposite of what is generally happening on @Wikipedia. Why platform design, intent, lack of greed and community matters, especially at scale. @nytimes: Surge of Virus Misinformation Stumps @Facebook and @Twitter https://www.nytimes.com/... @wikimedia

• @pennyriordan1 Penny Riordan on x

  This article is scary, because this isn't political fake news, it's just plain wrong information about a global epidemic: https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @laurenscerulus Laurens Cerulus on x

  “Dozens” is not a surge. Not on Facebook and Twitter. https://twitter.com/...

• @cindyotis_ Cindy Otis on x

  “More than 4,000 coronavirus-related websites that include words like “corona” or “covid” have been registered since the beginning of the year. Of those, 3 percent were considered malicious and another 5 percent were suspicious.” https://twitter.com/...

• @brandyzadrozny Brandy Zadrozny on x

  Platforms are working hard, like really hard, to keep coronavirus misinfo out and serve up good info and orgs. But coronavirus has come with so many unknowns and created so much fear — it's the perfect environment for misinformation, conspiracies and scammers. https://twitter.com…

• @jayvanbavel Jay Van Bavel on x

  “Secret labs. Magic cures. Government plots. Despite efforts by social media companies to stop it, false information about the coronavirus is proliferating around the world.” Reminder that fake news and conspiracy theories are deadly serious issues. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @sheeraf Sheera Frenkel on x

  Secret labs. Magic cures. Government plots. False information about the coronavirus is proliferating around the world. With ⁦@daveyalba⁩ ⁦@zhonggg⁩ https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @evelyndouek Evelyn Douek on x

  The appearance of selective disclosure, and worries it might be for political reasons, is one of the key problems with the ad hoc nature and lack of oversight of current information sharing arrangements https://www.vox.com/...

• @pcunliffejones Peter Cunliffe-Jones on x

  “State Department officials are claiming that disinformation related to the coronavirus — including some pushed by Russia — is rampant across popular social media platforms. But the government seems cagey about reporting the details”. SHORT THREAD https://www.vox.com/...

• @marklittlenews Mark Little on x

  This is insanity-level dysfunction on the part of the US government https://www.vox.com/...