Dark Web Exposed

S02E06 Misinformation Superhighway

In February 2020, before COVID-19 swept the globe, the WHO’s director general issued a stark warning about a different threat. “We aren’t just fighting a pandemic,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “We’re fighting an infodemic.” Today, with over 220,000 Americans dead, misinformation about the virus has flooded social media—fueled not only by Russia and China but also by domestic politicians and homegrown actors, with deadly consequences.