The observatory produces weekly reports on the spread of COVID-19 and Russo-Ukrainian War misinformation and their corresponding fact-checks on Twitter/X. We apply automatic methods to collect fact-checked and misinforming content from the CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus Alliance Database and other fact-checking sources and track this data on Twitter/X.
We track what types of misinformation is spread and observe how misinformation spreads in comparison to its corrective content.
We identify the most shared misinformation content and fact-checking over time.
Using automated methods, we identify the demographics of the users that share misinformation and fact-checks.
1.5 Years of Fact-checks and Misinformation
The Russo-Ukrainian War Reports
Due to Twitter/X dropping support for accademic research, the Fact-checking Observatory is currently unable to track the spread of recent fact-checks and misinformation on social media.
While we are investigating alternative data collection methods, the Fact-checking Observatory has stopped generating new reports.
Twitter Russo-Ukrainian War Misinformation Report 83 Rise in Russo-Ukrainian war misinformation spread
Twitter Russo-Ukrainian War Misinformation Report 82 Rise in Russo-Ukrainian war misinforming posts
Twitter Russo-Ukrainian War Misinformation Report 81 Rise in Russo-Ukrainian war misinformation spread
See all the Russo-Ukrainian war reports
3 Years of COVID-19 Fact-checks and Misinformation
The COVID-19 Reports
With the world health organisation declaring the COVID-19 pandemic over and Poynter stopping updating its COVID-19 misinformation database, the Fact-checking Observatory has stopped monitoring the spread of COVID-19 fact-checks and misinformation on Twitter/X.
Since December 2019, the observatory has generated more than 150 reports and tracked the spread of 16,532 COVID-19 fact-checks and misinforming content on social media.