India becomes world’s top source of misinfo on Covid-19: Study
Over a year and a half into the pandemic, India has emerged as the biggest source of Covid misinformation, with one in six pieces of fake information coming out of the country, a new study has found. The study in Sage’s ‘International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions’ journal, by a researcher from the University of Alberta in Canada, went over 9,657 pieces of misinformation in 138 nations. It covered the period between January 1, 2020 to March 1, 2021.