UN enlists 10,000 digital volunteers to fight COVID-19 misinformation

U.N.'s digital volunteers receive daily emails on actions they can take to counter COVID-19 misinformation on their own social media platforms. Photo by: Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash NEW YORK — The United Nations is mounting a response to counter misinformation on COVID-19, which is spreading faster than the disease itself, according to Melissa Fleming, under-secretary-general of global communications. “It is easier to spread misinformation because no direct contact with other people is necessary. You can multiply it by the thousands depending on how many followers you have, and in an environment of generalized fear, it is spreading like wildfire,” Fleming said.-- More...