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COVID-19

A guide for updates, information, and scholarly content about the coronavirus outbreak.

Tracking Misinformation

NewsGuard: Coronavirus Misinformation Tracking Center
"As the Wuhan coronavirus and the disease it causes — also known as COVID-19 — spread across the globe, so does disinformation and misinformation. Follow the spread of this dangerous information with NewsGuard’s new Coronavirus Misinformation Tracking Center."

This list includes sites in the U.S., the U.K., France, Italy, and Germany that have been identified as publishing materially false information about the virus.

Fact Checking Sources

Snopes: The Coronavirus Collection - Misinformation and Memes
"Snopes investigates the memes, rumors, jokes, and misinformation spreading on social media in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak."
Politifact - Coronavirus
WHO: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: Myth busters
Wikipedia: Misinformation related to the coronavirus outbreak
Reuters - Fact checking
Factcheck.org - Coronavirus

Covid Misinformation Modules

Last Updated: May 4, 2021 8:09 AM
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