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The Infodemic: Did Russian News Services Promote Protests Against COVID-19 Restrictions?

A general view taken from a wheel shows people gathering during a protest against the government's restrictions, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Konstanz, Germany Oct. 4, 2020.
A general view taken from a wheel shows people gathering during a protest against the government's restrictions, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Konstanz, Germany Oct. 4, 2020.

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here​.​

Daily Debunk

Claim: Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution says Russian news services have promoted protests against COVID-19 restrictions and then exaggerated them afterwards.

Verdict: Uncheckable

Read the full story at: EUfactcheck​

Social Media Disinfo

FILE PHOTO: A small bottle labeled with a "Vaccine" sticker is held near a medical syringe in front of displayed "Coronavirus COVID-19" words in this illustration taken April 10, 2020.

Circulating on social media: Claim that new Covid-19 vaccines contain levels of mercury that cause brain damage.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: Full Fact

Factual Reads on Coronavirus

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-- Stat, November 16

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