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The spread of Coronavirus misinformation on social media
We speak to BBC Trending about tracking the spread of Covid-19 misinformation on social media. Plus we hear listeners’ views on the World Service’s coverage of the pandemic
How difficult is to trace the origins of social media posts containing Coronavirus misinformation? We talk to the BBC Trending team about how one particular post went viral. Plus: Listeners tell us what they think about coverage of the pandemic on the BBC World Service.
Presenter: Rajan Datar.
Producer: Simon Jarvis.
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Sun 5 Apr 202014:50GMT
BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
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- Sat 4 Apr 202008:50GMTBBC World Service except Australasia, East Asia, Europe and the Middle East & South Asia
- Sat 4 Apr 202017:50GMTBBC World Service UK DAB/Freeview, News Internet, Online & East Asia only
- Sun 5 Apr 202001:50GMTBBC World Service
- Sun 5 Apr 202014:50GMTBBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
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