The 2nd piece in a 3-part series by our partner SAS in understanding COVID-19 data.
Coronavirus
As the coronavirus virus captures the world's attention, we are here to share articles about information related to the pandemic, examples of misinformation and more.
- Founder and CEO Alan Miller on the grave risk that COVID-19 misinformation presents.
- A study released by Oxford University researchers found that Twitter had had the most debunked misinformation stay on it of social media platforms during the coronavirus outbreak.
- How conspiracy theorists have spread falsehoods about COVID-19.
- How 5G conspiracy theorists make money off their false claims.
- Around the world, leaders are limiting the press' freedom during a critical time for getting accurate information to the general public.
- To better understand coronavirus data, our partner SAS Software — a pioneer in data management & analytics — is presenting a 3-part series on our website. Today's first post focuses on the issues with …
- The difficulty in covering coronavirus because of journalists' lack of access to hospitals, and how dangerous it can be for them to go inside medical centers.
- Coronavirus deniers are taking aim at hospitals using a hashtag and videos to make the false claim that the virus' seriousness is being blown out of proportion.
- The Chinese government has convinced its citizens that the U.S. Army brought coronavirus to Wuhan.
- Really good column on why we've struggled to get good information during coronavirus.
- Practice information hygiene before you share. Tips from NLP.
- Almost a third of the American public believes in a coronavirus myth, according to new Reboot Foundation research.
- The peddling of treatments for coronavirus that have not been proven to work by health experts.
- Good article about a medical news site that was out in front with its coverage of coronavirus.
