WHO Report COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation

in Facebook Groups

September 22, 2020

Facebook Group (public): United States for Medical Freedom (https://www.facebook.com/groups/US4MF/), 38,000 members

Facebook Group (public): AWAKE LIKE ME (https://www.facebook.com/groups/918890171535718/_, 25,000+ members

EXAMPLE OF GROUP ADMIN

POSTING DISINFORMATION

Facebook Group (private): no mask UK (https://www.facebook.com/groups/630107107631191/), 16,400+ members

GROUP DESCRIPTION: mask are not necessary let talk about it UK

Facebook Group (private): uk against lockdown and Covid hoax (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2928211100627116/), 1,200+ members

Facebook Group (private): United Kingdom against Lockdown! (https://www.facebook.com/groups/698164457392249/), nearly 5,000 members

Group Admins regularly post Covid disinformation, such as websites that publish articles about the “pandemic Fraud” and “why Coronavirus is not contagious”

Facebook Group (private): Bare Face is Legal (https://www.facebook.com/groups/barefaceislegal/), 34,000+ members

Group administrators

encourage members not to

wear masks