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With the coronavirus pandemic, divisive US elections and new conflicts flaring up in some parts of the world, 2020 has provided fertile ground for viral misinformation.
Conspiracy theories and false claims spread rapidly, prompting some people to take action in real life.
BBC Monitoring’s Olga Robinson breaks down some of the key misinformation stories and trends of the past twelve months.
Conspiracy theories and false claims spread rapidly, prompting some people to take action in real life.
BBC Monitoring’s Olga Robinson breaks down some of the key misinformation stories and trends of the past twelve months.
How bad information went viral in 2020
Posted from bbc.com
Conspiracy Theories
Medical
Health
Election 2020
Social Media
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Until this year, I had no idea how many unofficial members of QAnon there are
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I can’t believe how people fall for this crap. We are supposed to be a nation of intelligent people. I always think of a man with a funny mustache brainwashing a intelligent nation in the 1930’s and what happened next.
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