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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament has passed law that allows government to quarantine a child who show COVID-19 symptoms at school separately from a parent Several Facebook posts claim that the Government of Canada has passed legislation that would allow the government to quarantine children who exhibit COVID-19 symptoms and separate them from their parent(s).... | 18 August 2020 | Canada | Children,COVID-19 | Disinformation,Misinformation |
| Vladimir Putin’s daughter DIES after second dose of COVID vaccine In early August, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that one of his daughters had received a dose of the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. Whether or not his daughter received... | 15 August 2020 | Canada | COVID-19,Vaccination | Misinformation |
| Conspiracy to smear Russian “Vaccine” Tweet from the Russian Embassy in Canada, aligns with other Russian conspiracy theories about “big pharma” benefiting from the COVID-19 pandemic. | 12 August 2020 | Canada | COVID-19,Russian Government,Vaccination | Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation |
| The coronavirus was stolen from Canada by Chinese spies From EUvsDisinfo: This is a pro-Kremlin narrative about the coronavirus . The laboratory NML, which is part of the federal Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), told AFP by email... | 12 August 2020 | Russia | China,COVID-19,Virus Origin | Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation |
| The US is hiding its bio-weapons program Part of the Russian and Chinese disinformation campaign to promote false narratives about the origins of COVID-19, by suggesting that US government labs should be investigated by Chinese and Russian... | 12 August 2020 | China | China,COVID-19,Virus Origin | Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation |
| Canada is COVID Free Multiple claims were made on social media platforms that Canada is now COVID free and circulated by groups and accounts ostensibly located in the Phillipines. | 12 August 2020 | Asia | COVID-19 | Misinformation |
| Putin’s Daughter Receives Vaccine Video A video posted by an Afghanistan based Twitter account claims to show the daughter of Vladimir Putin receiving a Russian COVID vaccination. According to known images of Vladimir Putin’s daughters,... | 11 August 2020 | Canada | COVID-19,Russia,Vaccination | Disinformation |
| COVID Is Not A Threat to School Aged Children Paper claims that COVID is not a serious threat to children. The source is a US based NGO that promotes conspiracy theories about a “global immunization agenda” | 24 July 2020 | United States | Anti-Vaxx,Children,COVID-19,Vaccination | Conspiracy Theory,Misinformation |
| “It’s Not an Epidemic, It’s An Operation” Multiple conspiracy theory websites have published this conspiracy theory that deliberately misinterprets US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s words in order to support a false conclusion. This narrative is closely... | 18 June 2020 | Canada | Anti-Vaxx,Big Pharma,Vaccination | Conspiracy Theory |
| Canada Banned Guns Ahead of COVID related policy decision The piece conflates a recent decision to ban certain types of assault rifles in Canada with government COVID related decisions – suggesting that the government is preparing for something ominous.... | 6 June 2020 | Russia | COVID-19,Firearms,Russian Government | Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation |
