PETALING JAYA: As Covid-19 cases climb globally, fake news about the coronavirus are also increasing, says the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN).
IFCN said at least 20 cases of"false positives" were found between Feb 27 and March 2 by the #CoronaVirusFacts and #DatosCoronaVirus alliance, a group consisting of 91 fact-checkers from 40 countries across the world, an article on Poynter reported.
In the incident in Chittoor, a 50-year-old man, a father of three, hanged himself after falsely believing he had contracted Covid-19, said Tardaguila. Fake news, said Tardaguila, were especially prevalent in Spain, Italy, Argentina, Colombia, India and the United Kingdom. The Vatican too has been targetted in fake news, as"reports" of Pope Francis being infected with Covid-19 were shared on social media, she said.She said Laura Del Río, who coordinates the team of fact-checkers at Maldito Bulo, in Madrid, identified two methods that the fake news creators used to deceive people.
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