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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| PM Trudeau is self-isolating to cover up a divorce from his wife and his homosexuality | 10 May 2020 | Canada | COVID-19,Deep state,Trudeau | Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation |
| We Are Now Living the “Lock Step Scenario” This piece claims that COVID 19 was planned in a Rockefeller Foundation report in 2010 as part of an operation named “Lockstep.” According to Snopes, The Rockefeller Foundation did fund... | 27 March 2020 | Canada | Anti-elite,Big Pharma,COVID-19,Deep state | Conspiracy Theory |
| Resource Companies Expanding Under Cover of Pandemic Far-left activists claim that resource companies are using the pandemic to expand their resource development plans. An article in Canadian journal claims that an American company, KKR is taking over... | 23 March 2020 | Canada | Environment,Far-Left | Conspiracy Theory |
| Israel and US created Coronavirus as a Biological Warfare Weapon The piece that appeared in Iranian state media, Press TV, states that Israel and US engineered the COVID-19 virus in order to engage in biological warfare against Iran: “Now they’re... | 7 March 2020 | Iran | Anti-Zionist,Antisemitic,COVID-19,Iran,Israel,Virus Origin | Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation |
| COVID-19 Only Affects The “Mongol Race” A state owned Russian platform owned by the Ministry of Defence, claimed that COVID-19 only affects people of the “mongol race” and promotes other conspiracy theories about Bill Gates, George... | 2 March 2020 | Canada | COVID-19,Russian Government,Xenophobia | Conspiracy Theory,Disinformation |
