Paper: Sweden and the ‘Herd Immunity’ Response to COVID-19 The decisions made by the European nation were reportedly both informed by and generated deadly disinformation campaigns.
‘Swedish TV Accidentally Puts Subtitles from a Kids’ Show over a Political Debate’ An October 2 2021 Facebook post (screengrab included) contained a claim that a Swedish TV station accidentally put subtitles from children’s’ programming over a political debate: Beneath an apparent username from an unspecified platform (“nerdeas,”) two captions appeared. The first was the post itself, and the second the purported subtitle (which had presumably been converted from Swedish […]
‘Blue Eyes Are Haram’ Disinformation False stories using the same reappropriated photograph of a child who was mauled by a dog in 2008 are appearing — for at least the fifth year in a row.
‘Last Year Guns Killed’ Protest Sign A protest sign from 2018 claims that "last year," guns killed more than 10,000 Americans and compared that statistic to gun deaths in other countries.
