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Viewpoints and Perspectives (426) JMIR Theme Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue (2246) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1405) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1129) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (925) Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness and Management (1531) Mass Media/Social Media Communication and Campaigns (406) Information Quality in Digital Media (289) Quality/Credibility of eHealth Information and Trust Issues (409) Infoveillance and Social Listening (153)

Published on in Vol 23 , No 5 (2021) :May

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/26933, first published .
Bots and Misinformation Spread on Social Media: Implications for COVID-19

Bots and Misinformation Spread on Social Media: Implications for COVID-19

Bots and Misinformation Spread on Social Media: Implications for COVID-19

Authors of this article:

McKenzie Himelein-Wachowiak 1 Author Orcid Image ;   Salvatore Giorgi 1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Amanda Devoto 1 Author Orcid Image ;   Muhammad Rahman 1 Author Orcid Image ;   Lyle Ungar 2 Author Orcid Image ;   H Andrew Schwartz 3 Author Orcid Image ;   David H Epstein 1 Author Orcid Image ;   Lorenzo Leggio 1 Author Orcid Image ;   Brenda Curtis 1 Author Orcid Image
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