How Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok are battling coronavirus misinformation
... [+]: Conspiracies seem to be spreading more quickly than the virus itself. The conservativequoted a military intelligence officer who claimed the new coronavirus is a bioweapon engineered in a lab in Wuhan—an idea debunked by experts cited by the. Others have hypothesized, with no evidence, that the virus was created to distract from Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.
The virus is concentrated in China after it broke out in the central Hubei province in December and since prompted international governments to evacuate their citizens, advise against travel to China, and restrict travel.: Misinformation surrounding health emergencies is not new. During the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak that killed more than 11,000 people mostly across parts of West Africa,
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