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Over 40,000 Twitter users used pandemic misinformation hashtags "Scamdemic" or "Plandemic" in 2020 in over 220,000 tweets - and a fifth of these accounts were suspended by Twitter by January 2021

06.22.22 | PLOS

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Over 40,000 Twitter users used pandemic misinformation hashtags "Scamdemic" or "Plandemic" in 2020 in over 220,000 tweets - and a fifth of these accounts were suspended by Twitter by January 2021

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0268409

Article Title: Analyzing COVID-19 disinformation on Twitter using the hashtags #scamdemic and #plandemic: Retrospective study

Author Countries: U.S.A.

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0268409

Analyzing COVID-19 disinformation on Twitter using the hashtags #scamdemic and #plandemic: Retrospective study

22-Jun-2022

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Covid 19 Epidemiology Health and Medicine Human Health Psychological Science Public Health Social Media Social Research Social Sciences Sociology

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0268409
Article Publication Date
2022-06-22
Article Title
Analyzing COVID-19 disinformation on Twitter using the hashtags #scamdemic and #plandemic: Retrospective study
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2022, June 22). Over 40,000 Twitter users used pandemic misinformation hashtags "Scamdemic" or "Plandemic" in 2020 in over 220,000 tweets - and a fifth of these accounts were suspended by Twitter by January 2021. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1EOYV63L/over-40000-twitter-users-used-pandemic-misinformation-hashtags-scamdemic-or-plandemic-in-2020-in-over-220000-tweets-and-a-fifth-of-these-accounts-were-suspended-by-twitter-by-january-2021.html
MLA:
"Over 40,000 Twitter users used pandemic misinformation hashtags "Scamdemic" or "Plandemic" in 2020 in over 220,000 tweets - and a fifth of these accounts were suspended by Twitter by January 2021." Brightsurf News, Jun. 22 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1EOYV63L/over-40000-twitter-users-used-pandemic-misinformation-hashtags-scamdemic-or-plandemic-in-2020-in-over-220000-tweets-and-a-fifth-of-these-accounts-were-suspended-by-twitter-by-january-2021.html.