In eastern Europe, a region once ruled by Moscow with deep resentment against Russia, unverified claims and anti-Western disinformation are making surprising inroads as the regional crisis deepens. In Slovakia, which neighbours Ukraine, disinformation about the situation has been widely shared even by some members of parliament. Lubos Blaha from the leftist opposition Smer
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Fake news makes Czechs vaccine-wary despite Covid crisis AFP 3/9/2021 AFP
As the Czech Republic struggles to cope with the world s highest coronavirus infection rate, a tidal wave of disinformation and a bungled government response are hampering vaccination efforts.
From pseudo-scientific videos explaining how vaccines can change your DNA to panic-inducing stories of seniors dying en masse after receiving the jab, fake stories have overwhelmed Czech social media, messaging apps and chain mail. Czech readers are exposed to lies about the Pfizer vaccine 25 times more than readers in the US, said Frantisek Vrabel, the founder and CEO of Semantic Visions, which identifies potential disinformation based on the use of language patterns online.