Misinformation about the coronavirus is spreading more quickly than the disease itself, "testing Big Tech platforms' ability to police rule-breaking content and China's ability to control domestic criticism," Sara Fischer and Ina Fried report for Axios.
Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Google are trying to stop the spread of misinformation, including fake government warnings and false reports about how many Americans are infected. Some misinformation comes from private Facebook groups, The Washington Post reports.
China is also battling misinformation circulating on its social-media platform Weibo, but to complicate matters, the government is spreading misinformation of its own in an effort to allay people's worries. "Chinese state media has tweeted photos purporting to show a new hospital, but which were actually stock images from a company that sells modular containers," Axios reports.
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