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Facebook is not doing enough to flag and debunk Covid-related disinformation, according to the new report (Photo: Eduardo Woo)

Facebook users in EU get more Covid disinformation than US

Europeans are more exposed to coronavirus conspiracies on Facebook than US users, according to new research.

A study out on Tuesday (20 April) by the global activist NGO, Avaaz, found bogus information on the virus on Facebook was more often left debunked when written in Italian and French.

"Europeans are at greater risk of seeing, and interacting, with Covid-19-related misinformation," noted the rep...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Facebook is not doing enough to flag and debunk Covid-related disinformation, according to the new report (Photo: Eduardo Woo)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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