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Disinformation has been growing since the outbreak of COVID-19 last December in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Social media users – including world leaders such as Donald Trump – shared false information about the virus, intensifying an already dire “infodemic.”
In developing countries like Pakistan, people are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories and false information. According to one poll, only 3 percent of people in Pakistan had no misconceptions about the virus while one-third believed various conspiracy theories to be true.
This situation has added to the workload of journalists in Pakistan. They have been looking for online trainings, webinars, and workshops to learn new skills to verify available online information.