UN announces initiative to combat coronavirus misinformation

The United Nations secretary general said the world is not only fighting the coronavirus pandemic, but also a “dangerous epidemic of misinformation.”

Joseph Guzman

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The U.N. secretary general said “wild” coronavirus conspiracy theories are “infecting the internet.”
The United Nations Communications Response initiative is aimed at flooding the internet with “facts and science while countering the growing scourge of misinformation about COVID-19.”
Big tech companies are working to curb the flow of misinformation online.

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