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China’s Coronavirus Misinformation Campaign Seeks to Avoid Blame | Foreign Policy
by David Gitter, Sandy Lu, Brock Erdahl
7 days ago
On March 22, Axios on HBO aired an interview it had conducted with Cui Tiankai, the Chinese ambassador to the United States, nearly…
China adopts Russia’s disinformation playbook | Axios
by Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian
March 25, 2020
The Chinese Communist Party has spent the past week publicly pushing conspiracy theories intended to cast doubt on the origins…
How to debunk COVID-19 conspiracy theories | The Verge
by Justine Calma
March 20, 2020
In the whirlwind of news about the novel coronavirus pandemic, it can be hard to figure out what’s a scam…
Here’s A Running List Of The Latest Disinformation Spreading About The Coronavirus | Buzzfeed News
by Jane Lytvynenko
March 16, 2020
An outbreak of the novel coronavirus around the globe has spawned countless online rumors and hoaxes, promising false cures and…
Surge of Virus Misinformation Stumps Facebook and Twitter | New York Times
by Sheera Frenkel, Davey Alba and Raymond Zhong
March 9, 2020
First, there were conspiratorial whispers on social media that the coronavirus had been cooked up in a secret government lab…
Coronavirus conspiracy theorists blame U.S. for outbreak. China is encouraging them. | The Washington Post
by Gerry Shih
March 5, 2020
BEIJING — The United States is concealing the true scale of its coronavirus deaths. The United States should learn from…
Can YouTube Quiet Its Conspiracy Theorists? | The New York Times
by Jack Nicas
March 3, 2020
Climate change is a hoax, the Bible predicted President Trump’s election and Elon Musk is a devil worshiper trying to…
Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories | Taylor & Francis Group
by Routledge
February 26, 2020
Taking a global and interdisciplinary approach, the Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories provides a comprehensive overview of conspiracy theories as…
How misinformation on WhatsApp led to a mob killing in India | Washington Post
by Elyse Samuels
February 21, 2020
On July 13, 2018, five friends took a road trip to the south Indian village of Handikera, which is in…