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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
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