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The health crisis: Fertile ground for disinformation
- Source: The UNESCO Courier, Volume 2020, Issue 3, Jul 2020, p. 24 - 26
- Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish
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- 31 Jul 2020
Abstract
Disinformation and conspiracy theories have proliferated on social media during the pandemic. Black tea, neem leaves and pepper soup have been touted as miracle cures for COVID-19, in Africa and elsewhere. To combat this infodemic, digital platforms must be made more accountable, fake news tracked and called out, and media literacy developed.
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