Read on Twitter
Malicious actors have taken #COVID19 as an opportunity for spreading #disinformation.
This #Infodemic has influenced citizens perceptions in moments where there's a lot of uncertainty.
@risj_oxford has some good insights: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/types-sources-and-claims-covid-19-misinformation
This #Infodemic has influenced citizens perceptions in moments where there's a lot of uncertainty.
@risj_oxford has some good insights: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/types-sources-and-claims-covid-19-misinformation
To understand how a global #misinformation campaign starts, let’s see how the current #COVID19 #5G conspiracy theory allegedly began: an interview with a Belgian doctor on a local newspaper! https://www.wired.co.uk/article/5g-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory
Online platforms have taken robust actions against health #misinformation, even going as far as deplatforming conspiracy theorists.
However, those can always a way around it, by being invited to other users live webcasts https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1001252/youtube-covid-conspiracy-theories/
However, those can always a way around it, by being invited to other users live webcasts https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1001252/youtube-covid-conspiracy-theories/
Global pandemic meant also #lockdown.
With everybody working from home, #cybersecurity attacks have also increased, exploiting fear and uncertainty https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-cybersecurity
With everybody working from home, #cybersecurity attacks have also increased, exploiting fear and uncertainty https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-cybersecurity
Now, I do not want to end this thread on a depressing note 
As Churchill once said: "Never let a good crisis go to waste!”
Every global crisis in history has always fuelled a wave of innovation. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/347669
As Churchill once said: "Never let a good crisis go to waste!”
Every global crisis in history has always fuelled a wave of innovation. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/347669
