PNG caught between COVID and vaccine sceptics in pandemic battle
3 years, 4 months ago

PNG caught between COVID and vaccine sceptics in pandemic battle

Al Jazeera  

Fewer than 2 percent of people in the impoverished Pacific nation are vaccinated against the coronavirus as cases mount. “People say ‘don’t get the vaccine because you can still get COVID, so what’s the point’.” The diverse nation – home to more than 700 language groups – presents numerous challenges for health administrators; not only the mountainous terrain and lack of reliable transport routes but also low levels of formal education and existing health challenges, including HIV, tuberculosis and low life expectancy. “Where we think we can go by road, we find sometimes we can’t get there so we have to organise people to ford rivers and then get another vehicle somehow from the other side and then just keep going on.” “There are challenges in actually getting to villages or people living in villages, of course, getting to us.” Building trust In the small village of Kuntika, in the remote Western Highlands, community leader Eric Eribiang recently managed to oversee the vaccination of 72 people. It’s better than having another person from another place come and try to build awareness.” Former Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, Ian Kemish, says that the issue is part of broader underinvestment in health services across the country of nine million people. He says there is “a correlation between low vaccination rates on one hand and countries where either trust in government or engagement with government is pretty low on the other.” Yet this low engagement is exacerbated in Papua New Guinea, where he said the government “is not very present in peoples’ lives.” “People live remotely.

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Social media posts misconstrue the efficacy of vaccines for flu, measles, mumps and rubella
55 years, 2 months ago

Social media posts misconstrue the efficacy of vaccines for flu, measles, mumps and rubella

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Vaccines for the flu, measles, mumps and rubella were developed decades ago, yet the diseases haven’t been eradicated, proving that the immunizations don’t work. Mumps hasn’t been as thoroughly eliminated in the country as those two diseases because the vaccine’s protection wanes over time and isn’t lifetime, as it is with measles and rubella, says William Schaffner, a spokesperson …

Far-Right Anti-Vaxxers Aren’t Just Influencing Americans
2 years, 9 months ago

Far-Right Anti-Vaxxers Aren’t Just Influencing Americans

Slate  

Last year, Saphinah Kenyando was struggling to decide whether to get vaccinated against COVID. Each piece of disinformation has a way of finding “the right audience,” Ahmed says, “like a homing missile.” COVID didn’t create vaccine skepticism. To spread the message that “Western governments and NGOs are using great sums of money and influence to destroy the traditionally life-loving African …

Facebook chief blames misinformation on ‘individual humans’ not social media
3 years, 3 months ago

Facebook chief blames misinformation on ‘individual humans’ not social media

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facebook veteran and Meta’s head of virtual reality Andrew Bozworth says that “individual …

Gov. Newsom returns to public eye after sudden absence sparked social media speculation
3 years, 4 months ago

Gov. Newsom returns to public eye after sudden absence sparked social media speculation

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom, left, talks with Lenny Mendonca of California Forward at the California Economic Summit in Monterey on Tuesday. The website of the Children’s Health Defense, which is led by anti-vaccination activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., alleged Monday that the governor experienced symptoms in response to the vaccine that were “similar to those associated with Guillain–Barré syndrome.” The far right …

Facebook yanks Bolsonaro video claiming vaccines cause AIDS
3 years, 5 months ago

Facebook yanks Bolsonaro video claiming vaccines cause AIDS

The Hindu  

Facebook and Instagram have removed from their platforms a live broadcast that Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro delivered in which he said people in the U.K. who have received two coronavirus vaccine doses are developing AIDS faster than expected. The company didn’t respond to AP questions regarding why three days elapsed before the much-criticized content was removed nor whether language barriers …

Facebook is having a tougher time managing vaccine misinformation than it is letting on, leaks suggest
3 years, 5 months ago

Facebook is having a tougher time managing vaccine misinformation than it is letting on, leaks suggest

CNN  

New York CNN Business — In public, Facebook has touted the resources it has dedicated to tackling Covid-19 and vaccine misinformation, even scolding US President Joe Biden for his harsh criticism of the company’s handling of the issue. “We have no idea about the scale of the problem when it comes to comments,” an internal research report posted to Facebook’s …

Facebook yanks Bolsonaro video claiming vaccines cause AIDS
3 years, 5 months ago

Facebook yanks Bolsonaro video claiming vaccines cause AIDS

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Facebook and Instagram have removed from their platforms a live broadcast that Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro delivered in which he said people in the U.K. who have received two coronavirus vaccine doses are developing AIDS faster than expected. Facebook’s press office confirmed in an emailed statement to The Associated Press that the content was removed Sunday …

Facebook yanks Bolsonaro video claiming vaccines cause AIDS
3 years, 5 months ago

Facebook yanks Bolsonaro video claiming vaccines cause AIDS

The Independent  

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The great social media misinformation quiz
3 years, 5 months ago

The great social media misinformation quiz

ABC  

As social media platforms have become more intertwined with our lives, so too has the misinformation that comes with them. Minimal information, maximum effect: "A lot of people are just reading headlines and they're not even looking into what the source is … But they can be a fake international news website." Frivolous but dangerous: "A lot of misinformation can …

Nicki Minaj threatens journalists and posts their personal details online amid vaccine controversy
3 years, 6 months ago

Nicki Minaj threatens journalists and posts their personal details online amid vaccine controversy

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Singer Nicki Minaj has posted …

Facebook misinformation posts get six times more engagement than genuine news, finds study
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook misinformation posts get six times more engagement than genuine news, finds study

India Today  

Facebook users liked, shared, and interacted six times more with misinformation posts on the platform as compared to genuine news sources, a new study has found. "The study helps add to the growing body of evidence that, despite a variety of mitigation efforts, misinformation has found a comfortable home - and an engaged audience - on Facebook," the report quoted …

Opinion: Fighting vaccine disinformation is crucial to ending the pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

Opinion: Fighting vaccine disinformation is crucial to ending the pandemic

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Ann M. Ravel is the Digital Deception Project director at MapLight and previously served as chair of the Federal Election Commission. According to its policy, YouTube prohibits “content that spreads medical misinformation that contradicts local health authorities’ or the World Health Organization’s medical information about COVID-19.” While these short suspensions are grabbing headlines, they’re also obscuring the larger …

There's a psychological reason anti-vaccine misinformation is so hard to fight
3 years, 7 months ago

There's a psychological reason anti-vaccine misinformation is so hard to fight

Salon  

A January 2021 poll from the Pew Charitable Trust found that 53% of Americans reported that social media was their primary source for news. In a world where we easily consume that which is put before us, this makes for a particularly potent chance that misinformation about the vaccine, shared widely in social media spaces, may encourage vaccine resistance — …

Facebook bans firm behind smearing COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, AstraZeneca
3 years, 7 months ago

Facebook bans firm behind smearing COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, AstraZeneca

Daily Mail  

Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts linked to a mysterious advertising agency emanating from Russia that tried to pay social media influencers to smear COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and AstraZeneca, the social network said on Tuesday. Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts linked to a disinformation network operating out of Russia that sought to smear COVID-19 vaccines made by …

Can social media influencers change vaccine skeptics’ minds?
3 years, 7 months ago

Can social media influencers change vaccine skeptics’ minds?

LA Times  

Fashion blogger Abena Antwiwaa, who lives in Aurora, Colo., is one of dozens of influencers who are getting paid to help change the minds of people who are hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine. “It started last year when I saw misinformation that directly affected our department, rumors like police were arresting people without a mask,” said Cornejo, a 10-year …

Fox New viewers are getting less sceptical of the vaccine, poll finds
3 years, 7 months ago

Fox New viewers are getting less sceptical of the vaccine, poll finds

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Among the millions who watch the network each …

Ex presenter and Jeremy Corbyn's brother are campaigning to stop youngsters getting Covid jab
3 years, 7 months ago

Ex presenter and Jeremy Corbyn's brother are campaigning to stop youngsters getting Covid jab

Daily Mail  

There is a worrying Zeitgeist among twentysomethings in the Essex seaside town of Clacton. Kate Shemirani compared NHS staff to doctors in Nazi Germany as she spoke to a rally in Trafalgar Square protesting against the vaccination programme 'They say there's a 90 odd per cent survival rate so if you're going to catch it you're probably going to be …

Let’s Keep the Vaccine Misinformation Problem in Perspective
3 years, 8 months ago

Let’s Keep the Vaccine Misinformation Problem in Perspective

Wired  

With Covid cases surging in parts of the United States and vaccinations proceeding at a crawl, all eyes are on social media platforms. Then, late last week, Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota introduced a bill that would strip away Section 230 immunity for vaccine content promoted by social media algorithms. As my former colleague Daniel Engber recently pointed out in …

Conservative media offers mixed messages on COVID-19 vaccine
3 years, 8 months ago

Conservative media offers mixed messages on COVID-19 vaccine

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Two recent exchanges in recent days on Fox News Channel’s popular morning show, “Fox …

Conservative media offers mixed messages on COVID-19 vaccine
3 years, 8 months ago

Conservative media offers mixed messages on COVID-19 vaccine

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — When Dr. Alexa Mieses Malchuk talks to patients about the COVID-19 vaccine, she tries to feel out where they get their information from. Two recent exchanges in recent days on Fox News Channel’s popular morning show, “Fox & Friends,” illustrated the mixed messaging. “That’s a good reason.” Doocy, arguably Fox’s most influential figure arguing in favor of …

Biden: Social media platforms ‘killing people’ with misinformation
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden: Social media platforms ‘killing people’ with misinformation

India TV News  

President Joe Biden said Friday that social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines. Biden, when asked if he had a message for platforms like Facebook where false or misleading information about the coronavirus vaccines has spread, told reporters, “They’re killing people.” “The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated,” …

Joe Biden says Facebook is 'killing people' by carrying COVID-19 misinformation
3 years, 8 months ago

Joe Biden says Facebook is 'killing people' by carrying COVID-19 misinformation

ABC  

US President Joe Biden said social media platforms like Facebook "are killing people" by allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to be posted on their platforms, as the administration continued criticising the company. Key points: The Biden administration is arguing Facebook and other platforms need to do more to combat misinformation about coronavirus Facebook claims it is helping to save lives …

Biden: Social media platforms ‘killing people’ with misinfo
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden: Social media platforms ‘killing people’ with misinfo

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Friday that social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines. Biden, asked if he had a message for platforms like Facebook where false or misleading information about the coronavirus vaccines has spread, told reporters, “They’re killing people.” “The only pandemic we have is among the …

Biden: Social media ‘killing people’ with COVID misinformation
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden: Social media ‘killing people’ with COVID misinformation

Al Jazeera  

Misinformation about the virus and vaccines has spread on platforms including Facebook and Twitter. President Joe Biden has said that social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines. “Misinformation poses an imminent and insidious threat to our nation’s health,” Murthy said during remarks on Thursday at the White House. Lives are …

US steps up fight against COVID-19 misinformation
3 years, 8 months ago

US steps up fight against COVID-19 misinformation

Al Jazeera  

The effort comes as the pace of COVID-19 vaccinations has slowed throughout the US, due in part to false claims. US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Thursday called for a national effort to fight misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines, urging tech companies, health care workers, journalists and everyday Americans to do more to address a problem “that cost us lives”. …

In a pandemic, the power of the rumour
3 years, 10 months ago

In a pandemic, the power of the rumour

Hindustan Times  

On average, in 2019, Indian internet users spent close to 2.5 hours on social media everyday. Yet, health information, specifically on social media, is often published, shared, and re-shared, irrespective of its veracity, frequently leading to the spread of misinformation and rumours under the guise of truth. Covid-19 is the first pandemic in history where technology and social media are …

12 Influencers Are Behind Most Anti-Vax Hoaxes On Social Media, Surprising Research Reveals
3 years, 10 months ago

12 Influencers Are Behind Most Anti-Vax Hoaxes On Social Media, Surprising Research Reveals

Huff Post  

Startling research has revealed that only a dozen people are responsible for most of the hoaxes and lies about COVID-19 vaccines on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Yet social media companies have failed to adequately police the dangerous misinformation and its spreaders, according to the organization that listed what it called the “Disinformation Dozen.” The misinformation superspreaders are continuing to fuel …

Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media, Research Shows
3 years, 10 months ago

Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media, Research Shows

NPR  

Just 12 People Are Behind Most Vaccine Hoaxes On Social Media, Research Shows Enlarge this image toggle caption Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images Researchers have found just 12 people are responsible for the bulk of the misleading claims and outright lies about COVID-19 vaccines that proliferate on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. "The 'Disinformation Dozen' produce …

Sharing Information Widely An Important Tool To Combat COVID : Supreme Court On SOS Calls In Social Media
3 years, 10 months ago

Sharing Information Widely An Important Tool To Combat COVID : Supreme Court On SOS Calls In Social Media

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has sent a strong message that persons who are putting out public appeals for help in social media during the COVID-19 crisis cannot be targeted through arrests or coercive actions by saying that such messages are false or are tarnishing the national image. However, it is with deep distress that we note that individuals seeking help on …

Menstruation and coronavirus: doctors dismiss claims vaccinated strangers can affect women's periods
3 years, 10 months ago

Menstruation and coronavirus: doctors dismiss claims vaccinated strangers can affect women's periods

ABC  

CoronaCheck is RMIT ABC Fact Check's weekly email newsletter dedicated to fighting the misinformation infodemic surrounding the coronavirus outbreak. As Western Australians endured a three-day lockdown following the latest COVID-19 leak from hotel quarantine, Premier Mark McGowan noted that the state had been taking in "around 1,025" returning travellers each week. "We don't allow anyone, including elected officials, to share …

Opinion: The consequences will be deadly if we don’t fight vaccine misinformation
3 years, 11 months ago

Opinion: The consequences will be deadly if we don’t fight vaccine misinformation

CNN  

Editor’s Note: K. “Vish” Viswanath, PhD, is director of the Harvard T.H. But a large number of people had already refused the vaccines outright or adopted a wait-and-see approach early on in the pandemic due to misinformation or disinformation they saw on social media platforms. That’s why social media companies must do more to combat vaccine misinformation and disinformation. Social …

Covid-19: How social media can tackle vaccine hesitancy
3 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19: How social media can tackle vaccine hesitancy

India TV News  

One in three adults in the UK intends to use social media and personal messaging to encourage people to get vaccinated against Covid-19, while almost one in 10 intend to discourage people from getting vaccinated using the same platforms, finds new research. The study, by Loughborough University researchers, is based on an October 2020 survey of 5,114 UK adults that …

Papua New Guinea's COVID cases are driven by misinformation — we need tech companies to help
3 years, 11 months ago

Papua New Guinea's COVID cases are driven by misinformation — we need tech companies to help

ABC  

Here in Western Province in PNG, a stone's throw from the Australian mainland, things are looking alarming. PNG's COVID outbreak Photo shows Woman, two children and two men face camera in front of house. The politicians in Papua New Guinea and the Department of Health have tried their best to use social media to spread facts about COVID-19, but it …

Few Facts, Millions Of Clicks: Fearmongering Vaccine Stories Go Viral Online
4 years ago

Few Facts, Millions Of Clicks: Fearmongering Vaccine Stories Go Viral Online

NPR  

Few Facts, Millions Of Clicks: Fearmongering Vaccine Stories Go Viral Online Enlarge this image toggle caption Sarah Reingewirtz/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images Sarah Reingewirtz/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images The odds of dying after getting a COVID-19 vaccine are virtually nonexistent. Enlarge this image toggle caption Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long …

Articles Linking COVID-19 Vaccines To Death Seem To Be Driving Misinformation Online
4 years ago

Articles Linking COVID-19 Vaccines To Death Seem To Be Driving Misinformation Online

NPR  

Articles Linking COVID-19 Vaccines To Death Seem To Be Driving Misinformation Online Ahead of congressional testimony from the heads of Facebook, Twitter and Google, a new NPR analysis finds that articles linking COVID-19 vaccines to death are driving misinformation online. New reporting from NPR out today shows that a specific type of story about vaccines has been spreading quickly online …

Facebook promised to ban anti-vaxxers. But pages are still up and they've been selling t-shirts
4 years ago

Facebook promised to ban anti-vaxxers. But pages are still up and they've been selling t-shirts

ABC  

When news broke last month that two elderly patients in Brisbane had been given an incorrect dose of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine, a motley assortment of Australian Facebook pages and groups swung into action. Key points: Anti-vaccine claims continue to circulate on Facebook more than one month after the ban Analysis shows the most popular anti-vaccine groups are getting more …

Facebook to label all posts about coronavirus vaccines
4 years ago

Facebook to label all posts about coronavirus vaccines

ABC  

Facebook, which has been criticised by politicians and researchers for allowing vaccine misinformation to spread on its platforms, said it has started adding labels to posts that discuss the safety of the shots and will soon label all posts about the vaccines. The social media company said in a blog post it is also launching a tool in the United …

Defying rules, anti-vaccine accounts thrive on social media
4 years ago

Defying rules, anti-vaccine accounts thrive on social media

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s a hard situation because we have let this …

Defying rules, anti-vaccine accounts thrive on social media
4 years ago

Defying rules, anti-vaccine accounts thrive on social media

Associated Press  

With vaccination against COVID-19 in full swing, social platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter say they’ve stepped up their fight against misinformation that aims to undermine trust in the vaccines. “It’s a hard situation because we have let this go for so long,” said Jeanine Guidry, an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University who studies social media and health information. …

The battle to stop the spread of vaccine misinformation online
4 years ago

The battle to stop the spread of vaccine misinformation online

Al Jazeera  

The rollout of coronavirus vaccines has presented new challenges to social media websites and groups fighting online misinformation. The group has also launched programmes like Don’t Spread the Virus, endorsed by the United Kingdom government, to help online users counter “the scourge of misinformation on coronavirus online”. Facebook bans vaccine misinformation Health officials have long criticised social media sites for …

Trump Is No Longer Tweeting, But Online Disinformation Isn't Going Away
4 years ago

Trump Is No Longer Tweeting, But Online Disinformation Isn't Going Away

NPR  

Trump Is No Longer Tweeting, But Online Disinformation Isn't Going Away Enlarge this image toggle caption Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Darren Linvill thought he was prepared for 2020 and the firehose of false information that would come flooding down on the United States during an election year in which the country was …

Twitter tackles COVID-19 vaccine misinformation with labels, strike policy
4 years ago

Twitter tackles COVID-19 vaccine misinformation with labels, strike policy

The Hindu  

Twitter said it would apply warnings to tweets that contain misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines and implement a strike system of enforcement that could see users permanently banned for repeat violations. Katy Minshall, Twitter’s head of UK public policy, said the company recognised the role it played in giving people credible public health information. “We continue to work with health …

Twitter to permanently ban users who spread COVID misinformation
4 years ago

Twitter to permanently ban users who spread COVID misinformation

Al Jazeera  

The social media firm says users who continue to post misleading tweets about coronavirus vaccines face a permanent ban from its platform. Twitter says it will start labelling misleading tweets about COVID vaccines and ban users who continue to spread such misinformation. The social media company late last year began calling on users to remove dangerously misleading COVID-19 claims, including …

Can a 'psychological vaccine' protect against fake news and COVID misinformation?
4 years, 1 month ago

Can a 'psychological vaccine' protect against fake news and COVID misinformation?

ABC  

At his suburban Melbourne medical practice, GP Dr Billy Stoupas has been fielding an "unprecedented" number of vaccine questions from patients. Along the way, players collect badges for each trick of misinformation: Polarisation — amplifying existing grievances and tensions between different groups Invoking emotions — such as fear, anger, or empathy Spreading conspiracy theories — creating or amplifying alternative explanations …

'Address Eagerness for Shots, Engage Intl Media': Centre's Advisory to States Amid Expectations of Huge Vaccine Demand
4 years, 2 months ago

'Address Eagerness for Shots, Engage Intl Media': Centre's Advisory to States Amid Expectations of Huge Vaccine Demand

News 18  

A key document accessed by News18 shows the Centre wants a unified strategy on vaccines and vaccination communication strategy. Strengthening Mass Media, Social Media, Engaging International Media, Social Mobilization and Community Engagement is a key aspect of an effective communication strategy says the document. The stakeholders for the same are media houses at the national level news channels at national, …

Coronavirus vaccine: Labour calls for emergency censorship laws for anti-vax content
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus vaccine: Labour calls for emergency censorship laws for anti-vax content

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The government should bring forward emergency legislation to “stamp out” dangerous …

We need to work together to tackle the coronavirus ‘infodemic’
4 years, 5 months ago

We need to work together to tackle the coronavirus ‘infodemic’

Al Jazeera  

Dr Muhammad Jawad Noon is a medical doctor, with a degree in Evidence-Based Policy Evaluation from the University of Oxford, UK. After social media rumours about an imminent “shelter in place” order in Massachusetts caused widespread panic, for example, Governor Charlie Baker warned his constituents that they need to “get their news from legitimate places, not from their friend’s friend’s …

Social media takes COVID-19 shaming to new levels
4 years, 6 months ago

Social media takes COVID-19 shaming to new levels

LA Times  

Julian Siegel, owner of Riverside Market and Cafe in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., said his business fell 20% after someone posted a picture on Nextdoor of people waiting in his parking lot for food and said they weren’t practicing social distancing. “It’s changed the expectation of being able to speak up,” said Pamela Rutledge, a psychologist who studies the impact of …

Pro-Russia vaccine misinfo finds home in US Facebook groups
4 years, 7 months ago

Pro-Russia vaccine misinfo finds home in US Facebook groups

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — A false report claiming five Ukrainians had died after taking an American-made coronavirus vaccine spread in just a matter of days from a small Kremlin-friendly website to an audience of thousands in U.S.-based Facebook groups. The unsupported claim that five out of 15 Ukrainians had died during a trial of the U.S. coronavirus vaccine was first published in …

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