Fake news from Bulgaria is in the top 5 in Europe.
A study by the European Digital Media Observatory shows that the topic of COVID-19 is the most misinformed. Top stories most often contain forged documents with the logos of the WHO, the Gates Foundation, as well as rich photos and videos.
The false news that Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev has died after a third dose of vaccine is in the top 5 in the European Digital Media Observatory.
In early November, Kunchev had to refute the information about his death on Facebook. “I’m not in the hospital, much less intubated, moreover – I have the audacity not to die!”, He wrote then, writes standartnews.com.
“Fake News Number 1” comes from Poland, where a fictional story is spread about 22 Polish soldiers killed on the border with Belarus.
V The Netherlands a rumor has been spread about police protesters killed in The Hague against COVID-19 measures.
In France, false news of a fivefold increase in the number of footballers with fatal heart disease due to vaccines is gaining popularity.
V Ireland the most striking example is of official letters entitling the unvaccinated to visit relatives and friends in hospital.
Digital marketing expert Georgi Malchev explains the viral spread of such news as follows:
“Emotions unlock our actions, and our actions are what power social media, and they put the highest label on sharing and commenting. With each of your sharing and commenting, you tell the algorithms it’s interesting and they reinforce it.”
Studies show that in November, Austria revoked the leadership of Italy and France in terms of fake news. A video of a parade of football fans, shot in 2019, is presented as a protest against new measures against the unvaccinated. Another similar piece of news from Vienna used a photo taken in 1991 in Russia in protest of Gorbachev.
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