Impeding of experts, public fear and widespread mistrust created the perfect storm for social media misinformation to undermine the COVID-19 response at a time when information is our greatest defense.
Early cases of COVID-19 are believed to be linked to a live-animal market in Wuhan, China.The digital age dramatically transformed the way we get information and the increase in news consumption from non-traditional outlets has fueled growing concern about the quality of information users encounter.found more than one in four of YouTube's most viewed COVID-19 English videos contain misleading or inaccurate information.
In all six countries, people who leaned left trusted news organizations much more than they trusted the government, while those who leaned right trusted the government more than the news.With mistrust rampant, people turn to alternative outlets to find facts. But, Nielsen explained, “[not] everyone is always equipped or inclined to assess the credibility or accuracy of any one piece of information."Rupali Limaye, Ph.
COVID-19 presented a great public health communication challenge because doctors and scientists were learning about the disease in real time. Misinformation and false facts muddle the message from pandemic experts, undermining the COVID-19 response.Facebook, Twitter and YouTube now incorporate fact-checking in their platforms and say they are attempting to flag or remove content that contains obvious misinformation related to the coronavirus.
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