A survey from 2020 found that 66 percent of journalists ranked Facebook as the platform with the most prolific spread of disinformation on COVID-19 worldwide. Second on the list was Twitter, while a further 35 percent identified Facebook-owned WhatsApp as another platform where misinformation surrounding coronavirus was spread.
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