Messaging app chat groups a catchment for Covid-19 misinform

Messaging app chat groups a catchment for Covid-19 misinformation


SINGAPORE - Editorial content producer Theophila Toh, 24, is on a mission: to connect with those in anti-vaccination messaging groups and address fake news there. She was inspired after a 65-year-old woman was hospitalised on Oct 1 after taking ivermectin - a drug used to treat parasite infections - on the advice of her church friends who said it could...

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