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misinformation on the web

Here are some  important reads from First Draft on disinformation and the online information landscape on current news stories:

  • 3 December 2021 False claims and conspiracy theories about Omicron emerge online alongside the new variant 

  • 22 November 2021 Austria’s lockdown for unvaccinated people falsely compared to Nazi policies 

  • 12 November 2021 Facebook comment sections rife with misinformation following Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill announcement 

  • 29 October 2021 Headlines about Australian actress’ stroke after vaccination fail to mention rarity of the conditions 

  • 22 October 2021 Anti-vaccine networks misconstrue preprint study into vaccine breakthrough cases 

  • 15 October 2021 Anti-vaccine narratives following New South Wales’ reopening appropriate Nazi references 

  • 15 October 2021 Inaccurate claims and conspiracy theory about new Covid-19 medicine 

  • 8 October 2021 Claims that vaccines may damage immune system viewed thousands of times on YouTube, elsewhere 

  • 8 October 2021 Vaccine misinfo stays on YouTube despite wider ban 

  • 30 September 2021 Claims about remdesivir ‘killing’ patients used to discourage medical care 

  • 16 September 2021 Vaccine skeptics seize on preprint study regarding myocarditis risk for teenage boys 

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