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Social media fuels wave of coronavirus misinformation as users focus on popularity, not accuracy

  • Written by Jon-Patrick Allem, Assistant Professor of Research, University of Southern California
Social media fuels wave of coronavirus misinformation as users focus on popularity, not accuracyMisinformation and unfounded claims about COVID-19 have flooded social media sites as the new coronavirus has spread. Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images

Over the past few weeks, misinformation about the new coronavirus pandemic has been spreading across social media at an alarming rate. One video that went viral claimed breathing hot air from a...

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