DisinfoWatch’s database of COVID related misinformation, disinformation, conspiracy theories, hoaxes and foreign propaganda. We use various tools to monitor and collect examples, which we then analyze and publish. By default, examples are sorted by date. RSS feed here.
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| Mis/Disinformation Example | Date | Source Region | Themes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaza Crisis Photographic Disinformation The recent outbreak of violence in Gaza and Israel has been accompanied by a significant increase in disinformation about the conflict on social media. Photos falsely claiming to depict images... | 13 May 2021 | Unknown | Gaza,Israel | Disinformation |
| Russian Embassy in Canada Promotes Vaccine Disinformation The Russian government’s compatriot program has published false information about the Pfizer vaccine, intended to sow doubts about it and provoke vaccine hesitancy on the website of the Russian Embassy... | 11 May 2021 | Canada | Anti-Vaxx,COVID-19,Russia,Russian Embassy,Russian Government,Sputnik,Vaccination | Disinformation,State Soft Power Narrative |
| Social Media Posts About Canadian 2021 Census Could Provoke Census “Hesitancy” Some Canadian social media users have taken to social media to protest Canada’s 2021 census that could lead to broader census “hesitancy”. Recent posts question the privacy of the questionnaire... | 10 May 2021 | Canada | Census | Misinformation |
| COVID-19 Vaccines Do Not Make Unvaccinated People Sick nor Are They Bioweapons A report published on a Canadian conspiracy theory website Global Research, which has been identified by the US State Department as part of the Russian government’s “disinformation and propaganda ecosystem,”... | 29 April 2021 | Canada | Anti-Vaxx,Biological Weapon,COVID-19,Vaccination | Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation |
| Canada’s COVID Travel Protocols Do Not Violate Human Rights During a recent segment on US Fox News, anchor and commentator Tucker Carlson claimed that Canada “took a dramatic move towards legitimately dangerous authoritiarianism.” Carlson is an extremely popular... | 1 April 2021 | United States | Trudeau | Misinformation |
| Online Canadian Video Claims COVID is Not A Serious Medical Problem On March 8th, an online video was uploaded to BitChute featuring individuals identifying themselves as Canadian medical professionals who question widely held facts about COVID-19 and related government health protocols.... | 19 March 2021 | Canada | anti-mask,Anti-Vaxx,COVID-19,Fake Virus,Vaccination | Misinformation |
| Canada Does Not Arbitrarily Arrest Foreign Citizens On February 9th, 2021, CSIS director David Vigneault, identified the Government of China as representing a significant strategic threat to Canada, in a speech he gave on February... | 8 March 2021 | China | China,Interference,Whataboutism | Disinformation |
| COVID Related Restrictions in Canada Did Not End on March 1 The AFP Fact Check team discovered false information spreading on social media about an end to Canadian COVID lockdown restrictions in late February 2021. The claim that “all public health... | 5 March 2021 | Canada | anti-mask,COVID-19,Denial | Disinformation |
| COVID-19 vaccine will not make you “gay” According to multiple reports, an Iranian cleric posted a homophobic and false statement to his Telegram account on February 9th, claiming that people receiving the COVID-19 vaccination have turned “gay”... | 23 February 2021 | Iran | Anti-Vaxx,Anti-Zionist,LGBTQ,Vaccination | Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation |
| Russian State Media Claims Travellers to Canada are Being Unlawfully Detained A recent article published by Russian state media platform RT claims that a new COVID-19 travel regulation that requires travellers arriving in Canada to quarantine in hotels “is unlawful and goes against... | 17 February 2021 | Russia | anti-lockdown,COVID-19,Russian Government,Trudeau | Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation |
