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Disinformation campaigns are murky blends of truth, lies and sincere beliefs – lessons from the pandemic

  • Written by Kate Starbird, Associate Professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington
imageIt's difficult by design to identify disinformation campaign instigators and their agendas.stevanovicigor/iStock via Getty Images

The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned an infodemic, a vast and complicated mix of information, misinformation and disinformation.

In this environment, false narratives – the virus was “planned,” that it orig...

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