Here are some important reads from First Draft on disinformation and the online information landscape on current news stories: 3 December 2021 False claims and conspiracy theories about Omicron emerge online alongside the new variant 22 November 2021 Austria’s lockdown for unvaccinated people falsely compared to Nazi policies 12 November 2021 Facebook comment sections rife with misinformation following Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill announcement 29 October 2021 Headlines about Australian actress’ stroke after vaccination fail to mention rarity of the conditions 22 October 2021 Anti-vaccine networks misconstrue preprint study into vaccine breakthrough cases 15 October 2021 Anti-vaccine narratives following New South Wales’ reopening appropriate Nazi references 15 October 2021 Inaccurate claims and conspiracy theory about new Covid-19 medicine 8 October 2021 Claims that vaccines may damage immune system viewed thousands of times on YouTube, elsewhere 8 October 2021 Vaccine misinfo stays on YouTube despite wider ban 30 September 2021 Claims about remdesivir ‘killing’ patients used to discourage medical care 16 September 2021 Vaccine skeptics seize on preprint study regarding myocarditis risk for teenage boys
