From fake Coachella posters and deepfake videos to Trump tweets and clout-chasing tragedy porn, there is no shortage of stuff on the internet trying to convince you of things that aren't true. But an Australia-focused viral misinformation post about the coronavirus, packed with errors, typos, and blatantly made-up details, is still being shared by individuals and business pages on social media despite being both debunked and widely mocked.
The text post, which has been copied and shared on Facebook as well as harder-to-track Instagram Stories, claims "Corna's disease" is "starting to spread in the greater Sydney region," and warns of "contiminated [sic] products" (the spelling mistake is replicated in most iterations of the text). Read more...
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