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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 4389084" data-attributes="member: 1940"><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-misinformation-lives-online-despite-efforts-to-stamp-it-out-11583272556" target="_blank">Coronavirus Misinformation Lives Online, Despite Efforts to Stamp It Out</a>A review by The Wall Street Journal found dozens of pages and groups that have sprung up on Facebook to offer virus-related news and places to talk, some rife with comments or posts stoking fear about the virus or circulating unproven information.False virus information could be more damaging than false content related to political discourse that has received attention in recent years, according to academics who study misinformation, because it might lead people to make misinformed decisions about their health or cause unwarranted panic.One video posted to YouTube claimed that the Central Intelligence Agency has used the coronavirus as part of an “attack on Bernie,” referring to Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Democratic presidential candidate.A spokesman from Mr. Sanders’s Senate office said he couldn’t comment on campaign-related matters, and campaign representatives couldn’t be reached for comment. A spokesman for the CIA said the agency “does not comment on such outlandish and offensive misinformation.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 4389084, member: 1940"] [URL='https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-misinformation-lives-online-despite-efforts-to-stamp-it-out-11583272556'][SIZE=4][B]Coronavirus Misinformation Lives Online, Despite Efforts to Stamp It Out[/B][/SIZE][/URL] A review by The Wall Street Journal found dozens of pages and groups that have sprung up on Facebook to offer virus-related news and places to talk, some rife with comments or posts stoking fear about the virus or circulating unproven information. False virus information could be more damaging than false content related to political discourse that has received attention in recent years, according to academics who study misinformation, because it might lead people to make misinformed decisions about their health or cause unwarranted panic. One video posted to YouTube claimed that the Central Intelligence Agency has used the coronavirus as part of an “attack on Bernie,” referring to Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Democratic presidential candidate. A spokesman from Mr. Sanders’s Senate office said he couldn’t comment on campaign-related matters, and campaign representatives couldn’t be reached for comment. A spokesman for the CIA said the agency “does not comment on such outlandish and offensive misinformation.” [/QUOTE]

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