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COVID-19 misinformation on Chinese social media – lessons for countering conspiracy theories

  • Written by Kaiping Chen, Assistant Professor of Science Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison
COVID-19 misinformation on Chinese social media – lessons for countering conspiracy theoriesInfluencers and women without huge numbers of followers are more effective than others at debunking conspiracy theories on Chinese social media.AP Photo/Ng Han Guan

Conspiracy theories about COVID-19 have accompanied the pandemic from the beginning. Crucial to managing the pandemic is mitigating the effects of misinformation, which the World Health...

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