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COVID-19 misinformation

The spread of misinformation about COVID-19 on social media and its potential to create mass panic.

Fact-Checks

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Jan 28, 2026
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Did Biden use social media companies to censor opposition voices? And if you disagree does that mean the twitter files are fake?

The record shows engaged in repeated communications with social media companies about misinformation and public-health risks, and Republicans have characterized those exchanges as coercive or tantamou...

Jan 13, 2026
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Which plaintiffs sued Fox News for COVID-19 or election-related falsehoods from 2020–2025?

Between 2020 and 2025 multiple plaintiffs sued Fox News over alleged election- and COVID‑19‑related falsehoods: the major, widely reported plaintiffs were Dominion Voting Systems (which filed in 2021 ...

Feb 6, 2026

How has media coverage amplified or debunked other dark‑web moral panics and what are examples of the Woozle effect?

Media coverage has both inflated and punctured moral panics about the and adjacent online phenomena: sensational headlines and repetition have amplified fear by linking anonymity to terrorism, child a...

Jan 26, 2026

How do social media attribution practices lead to celebrity-linked health myths, and what tools identify the original source?

Social media attribution practices — loose linking, resharing without context, and visible social endorsements — create fertile ground for by making anecdote look like evidence and amplifying trust in...

Jan 22, 2026

Have any of Candace Owens’s COVID-19 statements been removed or labeled on social platforms?

Yes. Multiple social platforms applied warning labels to or removed specific COVID-19 posts and briefly froze or deleted tweets tied to pandemic-related statements, actions that later became the subje...

Jan 19, 2026

How many First Amendment lawsuits were filed against the Biden administration 2021 2024?

There is no single, authoritative tally in the provided reporting for how many First Amendment lawsuits were filed against the Biden administration between 2021 and 2024; the record in sources centers...

Jan 10, 2026

What are the medical differences between veterinary and human ivermectin formulations?

Human and veterinary ivermectin often contain the same active molecule, ivermectin, but they differ markedly in formulation type, concentration, approved indications, excipients and regulatory evaluat...

Jan 10, 2026

https://odysee.com/$/news

Odysee’s News page is part of a decentralized, blockchain-backed video platform that markets itself as a free-speech alternative to YouTube . Independent analysts and major news investigations flag Od...

Jan 9, 2026

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Meta’s recent decision to end its third‑party fact‑checking program and lean on community notes marks a major shift in how misinformation may be labeled on its platforms, a move critics say undermines...