Gogi Kamushadze

The Infodemic: Russia and EU accuse each other of spreading misinfo; Bolivian president turns to pseudoscience; Islamophobic Covid-19 disinfo spreads

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Islamophobic Covid-19 disinformation spreads from India to the U.K.