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COVID-19 infodemic: More retweets for science-based information on coronavirus than for false information results on false information
- False information is more tweeted but less retweeted than science-based evidence or fact-checking tweets
- The sample contained more accurate and science-based information than false information, with true information being 5 times more likely to be posted
- 92% of the tweets contained ambiguous and false information
- 2% of the tweets were specifically written to debunk false information; 13,000 times more likely to be retweeted than tweeted
- 9% of the tweets contained scientific evidence; 3000 times more likely to be retweeted than to be tweeted
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Updated 2021-02-04
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