Iranian disinformation links Trump to the creation of COVID-19, but Facebook and Instagram takedowns are working to dissuade the malicious activity, report claims.
That image appeared in late February on a Facebook page simply titled Daily News, according to a Graphika report released Wednesday and handed toahead of publication. Despite suggestions from various politicians that the virus may have been crafted in either American or Chinese labs, there’s no evidence to back those conspiracy theories, and China’s official stance is that it spread via live animal markets. Most scientists believe it transferred from bats to humans.
Other Facebook groups Graphika suspected of being created by IUVM, also in late February, included two that appeared to be focused on Africa, Ethiopianow and Durban Daily. Both were seen posting articles from Iranian state media without attribution.... [+]On Instagram, Graphika found IUVM created a western persona, @chriistophercarlos3, which appeared to be a personal account, but posted much the same content as appeared on Facebook and other IUVM-linked sources.
Outside of social media, IUVM has been using its own website, iuvmpress[.]com, and another apparent covert effort, AFtruth[.]com, to disseminate the same Iranian propaganda on COVID-19, having pivoted in late February from criticizing Trump for the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani. Iran has been hit particularly hard by COVID-19. According to the Iranian regime’s own data, more than 60,000 have tested positive for the coronavirus and more than 4,000 have died, thoughThe Graphika report comes after
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