Fake News: Coronavirus - Covid-19

Politico reports on how users, not state-backed campaigns, are pushing falsehoods about COVID-19 online, making it difficult for companies to respond.

Coco Feng and Tracy Qu report on how social media companies are trying to combat fake news.

Sheera Frenkel, Davey Alba and Raymond Zhong from The New York Times report on social media companies' efforts to stop the spread of misinformation.

Tobias R. Keller and Rosalie Gillet from The Conversation investigate the problems social media companies encounter when they try and combat fake news.

Bhaskar Chakravorti from The Conversation looks at what action social media companies can take to combat misinformation.

Alex Hern in The Guardian reports on how Twitter is changing its rules to ban content aimed at making people act against official advice.

Kayleigh Dray in The Stylist reports on how memes can combat fake news.

Politico reports on how falsehoods about the virus are spreading widely on the Facebook-owned messaging app.

Hadas Gold and Donie O'Sullivan from CNN Business report on WhatsApp's role in spreading misinformation.

Adam Link from The Entrepreneur reports on efforts from social media companies to curtail the spread of misinformation.

Will Bedingfield from Wired reports on how Facebook is spreading the "infodemic".

Reuters reports on how Facebook will provide free advertisements to the World Health Organization (WHO) as it seeks to ensure users are not misinformed about the virus, its risks and how to react to it.

Laurence Dodds from The Telegraph reports on how ordinary Facebook users are banding together to suppress an 'infodemic' of dangerous falsehoods.

Julia Carrie Wong in The Guardian reports on an initiative whereby users who have liked, shared or commented on posts with false claims will be directed to WHO’s ‘myth busters’ page.

Politico reports on how millions of Facebook users will soon be told if they saw online posts containing misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic after the social networking giant announced Thursday its latest plans to contain the spread of rumors, half-truths and lies connected to the public health crisis.

Mark Bergen and Gerrit De Vynck from Bloomberg report on Google's efforts to combat misinformation on its platforms.

David Beasley from Forbes reports.

Casey Newton from The Verge reports how tech companies are looking out for public health.

Wired reports on a group of hawk-eyed experts operate on a special track to monitor medical information on the site.

Government press release on how UK aid will fund new international push to challenge dangerous fake news about coronavirus.

The NHS has unveiled a package of measures in the battle against coronavirus fake news – working with Google, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook – to help the public get easy access to accurate NHS information and avoid myths and misinformation.

Shona Ghosh from The Business Insider reports on how influencers are being recruited to help combat fake news.

The BBC reports on a specialist unit has been set up by ministers to counter disinformation about coronavirus.

UK government resources on Covid-19 from the House of Commons Library, including debates, legislation, briefings etc.

Newsweek reports on the most widespread fake news stories about the virus.

Rebecca Klar in The Hill reports on President Trump's accusatory tweets.

Jessica Guyn in USA Today offers advice on how to combat the "infodemic".

Harmeet Kaur from CNN debunks coronavirus fake news.

McKay Coppins from The Atlantic reports on how the president’s effort to play down the pandemic is being amplified by a coalition of partisan media, digital propagandists, and White House officials

The BBC reports on how Russia has flatly denied allegations that it is spreading disinformation about the new coronavirus outbreak on social media.

Oliver Milman in The Guardian lists some of President Trump's false statements about coronavirus.

Kunal Purohit reports on a wave of misinformation and rumour on COVID-19 floods phones.

Yuan Yang in The Financial Times reports on an epidemic of online panic.

Nectar Gunn from CNN reports on the challenges faced by the Chinese government.

The BBC's Reality Check Team look at the misinformation that has spread in Africa.

Keeping track of what’s real and what’s fake isn’t always easy, so BBC Africa’s Joice Etutu has debunked some of the most widely shared myths so you don't have to.

Europol offers tips to recognise and avoid fake news.

Advice from the European Parliament on how to support myths and fake news.

The BBC reports on the spread of fake news in Italy.

Ginevra Falciani reports on the spread of fake news in Italy from a student's perspective.

Ben Doherty in The Guardian reports on Rumours about coronavirus – that it can be prevented by drinking alcohol; that it is killed by cold or heat – pose serious risk.

The Department of Global Communications reports on how the UN is tackling misinformation about Covid-19.

Robert H. Shmerling, MD from Harvard Health Publishing reports on the various sources reporting on the virus.

The BBC's Reality Check Team reports on the spread of fake health advice.

Aaron Holmes in The Business Insider reports on the fast pace of the spread of fake news.

Emma Charlton from the \World Economic Forum reports on how global organisations are fighting the "infodemic".

Malaka Gharib reports on the WHO's fight against misinformation.

Alice Hall in The Telegraph reports on how Covid-19 is the first major flu outbreak of the hyper-digital age – and false information is spreading faster than the virus itself.

The Brussels Times reports on the spread of fake news in Europe.

Bhaskar Chakravorti from Bloomberg reports on the spread of misinformation online.

John Gregory from Stat reports on how websites are spreading the "infodemic".

UNICEF calls for a stop of sharing inaccurate information on coronavirus.

Olga Robinson and Marianna Spring from the BBC investigate how fake news spreads.

Tom Phillips in The Guardian explains why sharing misinformation is so dangerous.

Ana Santos Rutschman from Health Affairs reports on the misinformation landscape.

Alice Hazelton from the World Economic Forum offers tips on how to find reputable information about Covid-19.

Unfounded theories linking Covid-19 to 5G technology are the most common example of online misinformation in the UK, an Ofcom survey suggests.

Rachel Schraer & Eleanor Lawrie from the BBC report on how conspiracy theories claiming 5G technology helps transmit coronavirus have been condemned by the scientific community.