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An exploratory study of COVID-19 misinformation on Twitter Results

  • misinformation (false category) gets more likes than the partially false category
  • spread of misinformation peaked between March 16th and April 23rd
  • false tweets spread faster than partially false tweets (propagation speed)
  • misinformation often discredits information circulating on social media
  • completely false information, compared to general COVID-19 tweets, often talks about the government
  • partially false information is more concerned with transmission and mortality rates
  • Iauthors posting misinformation are driven by affiliations to others significantly more often than authors of COVID-19 tweets in general and significantly less often by rewards or achievements

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Updated 2021-05-06

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