Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook

Misinformation on social media is increasingly driven by automated posts (“bots”) … which then get picked up and spread. A prelim study of automated posts on Facebook: https://t.co/hyhUw6JBJU cc @Stefanie2000

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RT @Broniatowski: Health misinformation bots are not just on Twitter. Here, we find that automated accounts were used to amplify a misinter…

Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook - JAMA IM https://t.co/fGcX0Wzhwk #facemasks #facebook #covid19

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

Automated disinformation campaigns that harness legitimate scientific research could further erode the public's understanding and trust in science, particularly around COVID-19. ⁦@JAMA_current⁩ https://t.co/1QBuX5e1v9

RT @Broniatowski: Health misinformation bots are not just on Twitter. Here, we find that automated accounts were used to amplify a misinter…

RT @syramadad: Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook https://t.co/nBG3AWstiS

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @Vaccinologist: Malicious #FakeNews #bots or automated software that simulates human activity on #socialmedia platforms, are the PRIMARY…

RT @syramadad: Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook https://t.co/nBG3AWstiS

RT @DaveySmithMD: https://t.co/raDZsKF4Wc check out our new paper. Bots are bad.

RT @syramadad: Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook https://t.co/nBG3AWstiS

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

JAMA: Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software (Bots) on Facebook https://t.co/NSyN98Byt7 Facebook posts in groups most affected by bots were more than twice as likely to misstate the results of a study about masks or s

RT @luis_quevedo: 😷🤖 Buena parte de los bulos sobre mascarillas en Facebook son obra de bots, según un paper publicado en @JAMAInternalMed.…

RT @syramadad: Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook https://t.co/nBG3AWstiS

"how automated software can be used to disseminate original research while undermining scientific communication" https://t.co/KaFbIFfAaK

RT @Vaccinologist: Malicious #FakeNews #bots or automated software that simulates human activity on #socialmedia platforms, are the PRIMARY…

RT @AntibioticDoc: Well that’s creepy. Facebook networks are affected by automated false accounts, which are more likely to publish false…

RT @Vaccinologist: Malicious #FakeNews #bots or automated software that simulates human activity on #socialmedia platforms, are the PRIMARY…

.@Facebook is just riding high on network effects. Their product is a laggy and buggy. Former employee @techleadhd basically said the code is a dumpster fire. Now new research shows that misinformation bots are still allowed to run hog wild in FB groups..

RT @Vaccinologist: Malicious #FakeNews #bots or automated software that simulates human activity on #socialmedia platforms, are the PRIMARY…

RT @Vaccinologist: Malicious #FakeNews #bots or automated software that simulates human activity on #socialmedia platforms, are the PRIMARY…

RT @Vaccinologist: Malicious #FakeNews #bots or automated software that simulates human activity on #socialmedia platforms, are the PRIMARY…

RT @Vaccinologist: Malicious #FakeNews #bots or automated software that simulates human activity on #socialmedia platforms, are the PRIMARY…

RT @Vaccinologist: Malicious #FakeNews #bots or automated software that simulates human activity on #socialmedia platforms, are the PRIMARY…

RT @Vaccinologist: Malicious #FakeNews #bots or automated software that simulates human activity on #socialmedia platforms, are the PRIMARY…

And so began the rise of the machines: by pushing humanity into collective suicide. 🤖

RT @Vaccinologist: Malicious #FakeNews #bots or automated software that simulates human activity on #socialmedia platforms, are the PRIMARY…

RT @Vaccinologist: Malicious #FakeNews #bots or automated software that simulates human activity on #socialmedia platforms, are the PRIMARY…

RT @Vaccinologist: Malicious #FakeNews #bots or automated software that simulates human activity on #socialmedia platforms, are the PRIMARY…

Malicious #FakeNews #bots or automated software that simulates human activity on #socialmedia platforms, are the PRIMARY DRIVERS of #COVID19 #misinformation, spreading myths & seeding #publichealth DISTRUST exponentially faster than human users could h

Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook | Public Health | JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Network https://t.co/v3tLlOPY6L

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @SanjoyMahajan2: @LilithAssyria Here's a recent example (June 7) of mask $cience in a leading med journal. Clearly the mask psyop is ke…

@LilithAssyria Here's a recent example (June 7) of mask $cience in a leading med journal. Clearly the mask psyop is key to the COVID fraud, given the absurd lengths to which $cientists go to justify masks, no matter how much of their credibility they dest

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

https://t.co/raDZsKF4Wc check out our new paper. Bots are bad.

RT @syramadad: Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook https://t.co/nBG3AWstiS

RT @AntibioticDoc: Well that’s creepy. Facebook networks are affected by automated false accounts, which are more likely to publish false…

RT @syramadad: Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook https://t.co/nBG3AWstiS

RT @syramadad: Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook https://t.co/nBG3AWstiS

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

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RT @syramadad: Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook https://t.co/nBG3AWstiS

Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook https://t.co/kwocyPEGjv via @JAMAInternalMed part of @JAMANetwork

RT @AntibioticDoc: Well that’s creepy. Facebook networks are affected by automated false accounts, which are more likely to publish false…

RT @jkr_on_the_web: Should you come across such BS like "wearing a mask hurts people" - think of a pediatric oncology ward where kids have…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

"Possible approaches to prevent misinformation due to dissemination of articles by automated software include legislation that penalizes those behind automation; greater enforcement of rules by social media companies to prohibit automation; and counter-cam

Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook https://t.co/jXlE2JeqOZ @JAMAInternalMed @JAMANetwork

RT @AntibioticDoc: Well that’s creepy. Facebook networks are affected by automated false accounts, which are more likely to publish false…

RT @AntibioticDoc: Well that’s creepy. Facebook networks are affected by automated false accounts, which are more likely to publish false…

RT @AntibioticDoc: Well that’s creepy. Facebook networks are affected by automated false accounts, which are more likely to publish false…

RT @syramadad: Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook https://t.co/nBG3AWstiS

RT @syramadad: Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook https://t.co/nBG3AWstiS

RT @AntibioticDoc: Well that’s creepy. Facebook networks are affected by automated false accounts, which are more likely to publish false…

RT @AntibioticDoc: Well that’s creepy. Facebook networks are affected by automated false accounts, which are more likely to publish false…

Well that’s creepy. Facebook networks are affected by automated false accounts, which are more likely to publish false and conspiratorial takes on current research.

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Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook https://t.co/nBG3AWstiS

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

Anti mask conspiracies in Facebook groups were driven by bots.

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

The dangers of misinformation spreading on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic are known https://t.co/PTJD0Iev8P https://t.co/6eGRhIrLRW

Should you come across such BS like "wearing a mask hurts people" - think of a pediatric oncology ward where kids have to wear masks all the time, because of compromised immune systems. Masks are their least problem.

RT @HartleyDM: Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook https://t.co/DEmSDoDEhV

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook https://t.co/sYPXT9uYvE via @JAMAInternalMed part of @JAMANetwork

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

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RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @RVAwonk: A new study claims that automated misinformation is a primary driver of false information and conspiracy theories about #COVID…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @SanjoyMahajan2: 1/ The linked study, published yesterday, claims to study "misinformation about face masks." They studied public Faceb…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

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RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @luis_quevedo: 😷🤖 Buena parte de los bulos sobre mascarillas en Facebook son obra de bots, según un paper publicado en @JAMAInternalMed.…

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @HartleyDM: Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook https://t.co/DEmSDoDEhV

RT @DrEricDing: 📍Facebook allowed misinformation on masks & #COVID19 to go unchecked via automated software. The % of posts linking to DA…

RT @SanjoyMahajan2: 1/ The linked study, published yesterday, claims to study "misinformation about face masks." They studied public Faceb…