The Infodemic: Conspiracy in Nigeria; fake train subsidies in India, and why Dominic Cummings can’t trend on Twitter
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With violence in Minneapolis and Twitter’s decision to go to war with Trump, this is an astonishing news day, but here are four things we’ve spotted that still deserve our attention .
A debate about vaccinations is heating up in Nigeria, and it is laced with conspiracy theory. It was triggered by a draft law that would make vaccinations mandatory. The Control of Infectious Diseases Bill, according to some accusations, is designed to turn Nigerians into guinea pigs for foreign powers.
“We must save Nigerians from Death Sentence being orchestrated by the Western World..." reads this tweet.