Facebook Groups, Inauthentic Post Amplification, Inauthentic Social Media Account
2020-05-29
Ben Collins, Brandy Zadrozny
Amazing Cures, Brighteon, Content farm, GMO Dangers, Mike Adams, Natural News, NewsTarget, North Macedonia, Philippines, The Health Ranger
Revealed: US-funded website spreading COVID misinformation in Armenia
openDemocracy
Anti-Vaccine, Coronavirus, Healthcare
Article
Fabricated Content
Alternative Media
Armenia
2020-05-28
Tatev Hovhannisyan
The online competition between pro- and anti-vaccination views
Nature Research
Anti-Vaccine
Facebook
Facebook Groups
2020-05-13
Minzhang Zheng, Neil Johnson, Nicholas Gabriel, Nicholas Johnson Restrepo, Nicolas Velásquez, Pedro Manrique, Rhys Leahy, Sara El Oud, Stefan Wuchty, Yonatan Lupu
Viral Facebook post is wrong on deaths in first three months of 2020
Full Fact
Coronavirus, Healthcare
Screenshot, Text post
Manipulated Content
Facebook
United Kingdom
2020-05-12
Leo Benedictus
Two police forces did not use the same photo to illustrate two different lockdown crimes
Full Fact
Emergency Services
Image, Manipulated Image, Screenshot, Text post
Fabricated Content
Facebook, Twitter
United Kingdom
2020-05-11
Rachael Krishna
A scientific review did not conclude that there are no cases of children transmitting the new coronavirus
Full Fact
Coronavirus, Government, Healthcare
Article
False Connection
Mainstream Media Reporting
Mainstream Media
United Kingdom
2020-05-07
Kate Lewis
Health Secretary uses Facebook poll to estimate coronavirus tracking app take-up
Full Fact
Coronavirus, Government, Healthcare
Article, Oral Statement
Misleading Content
Government Website, Oral Statement
Government Figure
United Kingdom
2020-05-07
Abbas Panjwani
The Control of Diseases Act was not changed in April to say you can be forcibly vaccinated
Full Fact
Anti-Vaccine, Coronavirus
Text post, Video
False Connection
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
Facebook Groups, Public Figure / Celebrity
United Kingdom
2020-05-07
Grace Rahman
This post about Covid-19 and blood clotting conditions contains inaccuracies
Full Fact
Coronavirus, Healthcare
Text post
Misleading Content
Facebook, Twitter
United Kingdom
2020-05-07
Kate Lewis
There’s no evidence immigrants caused a PPE shipment to be destroyed at Dover
Full Fact
Coronavirus, Immigration
Image, Text post
Fabricated Content
Facebook
United Kingdom
2020-05-05
Joseph O'Leary
It's incorrect to say flu vaccines don't work
Full Fact
Anti-Vaccine, Coronavirus, Healthcare
Image, Text post
Misleading Content
Facebook
2020-05-05
Kate Lewis
A Nobel Prize-winning immunologist has not said coronavirus is manmade, as claimed
Full Fact
Coronavirus, Healthcare
Image, Screenshot, Text post
Fabricated Content
Facebook, Twitter
Government Figure, Public Figure / Celebrity
2020-04-30
Abbas Panjwani
The Maytrix Group receives no money from Captain Tom’s fundraiser
Full Fact
Charity
Image, Screenshot, Text post
False Context
Facebook
United Kingdom
2020-04-30
Claire Milne
Hungary’s new coronavirus legislation could have journalists jailed
Coda Story
Disinformation
Hungary
2020-04-30
Matej Voda
Own Government
Calibrate: Attack, Position: Attack
An image of a dog vaccine for a different coronavirus has gone viral
Full Fact
Coronavirus
Image, Screenshot
False Connection
Facebook
2020-04-23
Grace Rahman
Uncovering Operation NEPTUN, the Cold War’s Most Daring Disinformation Campaign
WIRED
Cold War, Operation NEPTUN
Inauthentic Documents
False Context
Mainstream Media Reporting
Mainstream Media
Germany
2020-04-15
Thomas Rid
If you need the police but can’t talk, dial 999 from a mobile, then 55 when prompted and don’t hang up
Full Fact
Emergency Services, Feminism
Text post
Manipulated Content
Twitter
Government Figure, Legitimate Business / Charity Organisation, Public Figure / Celebrity
United Kingdom
2020-04-14
Claire Milne, Grace Rahman
Meet the celebrities pushing 5G coronavirus conspiracies to millions of fans
Coda Story
5G, Coronavirus
Comments / Replies, Text post, Video
False Context
Instagram, Twitter
Public Figure / Celebrity
2020-04-14
Ashley Jung, Isobel Cockerell
Amplify: Attack
This viral voice message about ambulances shared on WhatsApp is inaccurate
Full Fact
Coronavirus, Government, Healthcare
Voice Message
Fabricated Content
Text Message, WhatsApp
United Kingdom
2020-04-08
Claire Milne
Blocking information on COVID-19 can fuel the spread of misinformation
Nature Research Journal
Coronavirus
Fabricated Content
Twitter, Government Figure
Inauthentic Social Media Account
United States of America, Iran, Russia
2020-03-30
Heidi Larson
Amplify: Attack, Amplify: Defend
Disinformation about Qatar surges in wake of COVID-19
Coda Story
Coronavirus
Hashtag
Twitter
Bot Account
Quatar
2020-03-23
Burhanw Wazir
Amplify: Attack, Publish: Attack
With help from American activists, Ukrainian women are being misled about abortion
openDemocracy
Abortion
Inauthentic Website
Imposter Content
Inauthentic Website
Ukraine
2020-03-18
Tetiana Kozak
False coronavirus rumors surge in 'hidden viral' text messages
NBC News
Coronavirus, Government, Healthcare
Text post
Fabricated Content
Text Message, WhatsApp
"Please Share" Call to Action
United States of America
2020-03-16
Ben Collins
Inside Italian public hospitals, I saw how a US-linked anti-abortion network is ‘humiliating’ women
openDemocracy
Abortion
Inauthentic Advertisement
Misleading Content
Inauthentic Advertisement, Poster
Italy
2020-03-09
Francesca Visser
Heartbeat International, Movimento per la Vita
This little girl has not vanished from your local area-
Full Fact
Missing Persons
Inauthentic Website, Text post
Fabricated Content
Facebook
United Kingdom
2020-03-02
Rachael Krishna
How fake videos unravelled Pakistan’s war on polio
First Draft
Anti-Vaccine, Government, Healthcare
Video
False Context
Facebook, Twitter
Government Figure
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Peshawar
2020-02-20
Lydia Morrish
First Draft case study: Exploring the controversy around Dengvaxia and vaccine misinformation in the Philippines
A woman inspired by QAnon conspiracy videos was arrested after live-streaming her trip to 'take out' Joe Biden
Insider
2020 US Election, Clinton, Coronavirus, QAnon
Facebook
United States of America
2020-05-01
Margot Harris
A QAnon conspiracy theory about Oprah Winfrey went so viral that it provoked her to respond, showing the scope of coronavirus misinformation
Insider
QAnon
Facebook, Twitter
Cross Platform Sharing, Coordinated user action, Twitter Algorithm
2020-03-18
Kat Tenbarge
Amplify: Attack, Publish: Attack
Alt-right conspiracy group Q'Anon won't stop believing in its Trump-related prophecies, even after they fail
Insider
Clinton, George Soros, QAnon
*chan, Alternative Media
Public Figure / Celebrity
United States of America
2018-10-10
Michael Barkun
Research: Defend
These influencers and celebrities are spreading debunked coronavirus hoaxes on their massive platforms
Insider
Coronavirus
Screenshot, Text post, Voice Message
Satire or Parody, Fabricated Content
Instagram, Twitter
Please Share Call to Action, Public Figure / Celebrity
United States of America
2020-03-17
Kat Tenbarge
Amplify: Attack
QAnon conspiracy theorists are telling people to drink bleach as a cure against the deadly Wuhan coronavirus
Insider
Coronavirus, QAnon, Miracle Mineral Solution
Video
Personal Website, Twitter, YouTube
2020-01-29
Tom Porter
Amplify: Attack, Position: Attack
Unlicensed medical 'cures' are flourishing in closed Facebook groups, where cancer treatments — and even surgery — are sold beyond the reach of the law
Insider
Healthcare, MMS
Inauthentic Social Media Accounts
Facebook, Personal Website, YouTube
Facebook Groups
2019-10-18
Tom Porter
Position: Attack, Publish: Attack
How conspiracy theorists who claim drinking 'MMS' bleach is a cure for autism reached millions of people on YouTube
Business Insider
Anti-Vaccine, Disinformation, Healthcare, MMS
Video
Facebook, YouTube
Cross Platform Sharing, YouTube Algorithm
2019-05-21
Tom Porter
Amplify: Attack, Calibrate: Defend
British man arrested in Uganda after promoting 'MMS' bleach as a cure for HIV and malaria
Business Insider
Healthcare, MMS
YouTube
Uganda
2019-05-23
Tom Porter
How three conspiracy theorists took 'Q' and sparked Qanon
NBC News
Disinformation, QAnon
*chan, Facebook, Reddit, YouTube
Cross Platform Sharing
2018-08-14
Ben Collins, Brandy Zadrozny
Position: Attack
California Wildfire Suspect Posted About QAnon, Other Conspiracies