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The retail giant is removing fake cures and tackling unreasonable price hikes amid public concern.
"Misinformation spreads fastest on WhatsApp at times like this."
Some police departments are putting out fake warnings that illicit drugs could be contaminated with coronavirus in an effort to make drug arrests.
WhatsApp users in Nigeria, Brazil, Pakistan, Ireland and other countries have received a wave of falsehoods about the number of people affected by coronavirus, the way the illness is transmitted and the availability of treatments. The messages and voice memos have induced fear, troubled businesses and created public-health headaches for governments globally.
THE biggest threat to public health efforts to contain the new coronavirus is misinformation and the panic that spreads it. The lessons come directly from history and specifically the Spanish Flu o…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that fake news reports about ...