Coronavirus The conspiracy theories spreading fake news BBC Newsnight

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From a secret plan to stop Brexit, to a virus engineered to control population, the conspiracies surrounding the coronavirus have been spreading fast on social media. • Subscribe to our channel here: https://goo.gl/31Q53F • Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and YouTube have all seen a host of misinformation being spread on their platform, with fake news sources amassing over 50 million engagements. • Facebook, which has over 2 billion accounts worldwide, has announced that it’s busy removing false claims from its site and will promote the guidance of the World Health organisation. • Despite this push from FB, online analytics show that in the UK the NHS website is still seeing fewer engagements than fake news sources from the US. • Katie Razzall is joined by Anna-Sophie Harling from NewsGuard, an online browser extension that reports on digital misinformation, and Victoria Baine a former Facebook Trust and Safety Manager to discuss what needs to be done to protect ourselves from digital misinformation. • Coronavirus Budget: How will the government respond? https://bbc.in/2TxFiul • Inside the lab trying to understand Coronavirus - https://bbc.in/2VVUV0h • Coronavirus: Countries need to ‘help each other’ - https://bbc.in/2TQyGX2 • Coronavirus and fake news – what to believe? - https://bbc.in/2W8au5l • Coronavirus cases pass 50 as UK publishes its plan - https://bbc.in/2VXJmpy • Coronavirus cases in the UK increase - https://bbc.in/38yZIrk • Coronavirus: Stock market suffers worst week since 2008 crash - https://bbc.in/2wYvAbv • Coronavirus: How prepared is the NHS for an outbreak? - https://bbc.in/2TvKE8f • Coronavirus: How is it affecting the economy? - https://bbc.in/39eSt8U • Coronavirus: How should China's handling of the crisis inform our response? - https://bbc.in/2TqEkyQ • Coronavirus: Is the UK’s response to China virus proportionate? - https://bbc.in/2Ii3p9P • Coronavirus: How could it be stopped? - https://bbc.in/32Gw7us • Coronavirus: What is it and should we be worried? - https://bbc.in/2vnVDc1 • #Coronavirus #Covid19 #CoronaOutbreak #2019nCov • • Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. • • Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsnight • Twitter: / bbcnewsnight • Facebook: / bbcnewsnight

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