India produced the largest amount of social media misinformation on COVID 19- Study

  • A new study has revealed that India has produced the largest amount of social media misinformation on COVID 19.
  • Giving the reason, the study unveiled that this was due to the country's high internet penetration rate, increasing social media consumption and lack of internet literacy to users.
  • The study is named Prevalence and Source Analysis of COVID-19 Misinformation in 138 Countries.
  • It was published in Sage's International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions journal.
  • Of all the 138 countries, India (18.07 per cent) produced the largest amount of social media misinformation.