Resources on Fact Checking COVID-19-related Misinformation
Posted On May 3, 2020
Many African fact-checking organizations have been making sure that misinformation related to COVID-19 on social media does not go unchecked. There are several very useful resources that are regularly upated with examples of inaccurate or false posts circulating on social media. Here is a rolling list of some of the ones we find most useful. Our focus is on Africa-based organizations, institutions and research groups, but we also include those from elsewhere when relevant.
- AFP:AFP’s coronavirus verification hub/
- Africa Check
- BBC Reality Check
- Cornell Alliance for Science: COVID: Top 10 current conspiracy theories by Mark Lynas (April 20, 2020)