28/04/2023
Analyses have found that 12 people—coined the “disinformation dozen”—are responsible for 65% of misleading claims, rumors, and lies about COVID-19 vaccines on social media. Their impact is most effective on Facebook (account for up to 73% of Facebook rumors), but also bleed into Instagram and Twitter. A scientific study published in Nature found that 1 in 4 anti-COVID-19 vaccine tweets originated from the so-called Children’s Health Defense—which is controlled by one man.
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1. Pierri F, Perry BL, DeVerna MR, Yang KC, Flammini A, Menczer F, Bryden J. Online misinformation is linked to early COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy and refusal. Sci Rep. 2022 Apr 26;12(1):5966. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-10070-w. PMID: 35474313; PMCID: PMC9043199.
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