Featuring Dr. Kinga Polynczuk-Alenius
DOCTOR OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES, HELSINKI COLLEGIATE FOR ADVANCE STUDIES. UNIV. OF HELSINKI. FINLAND.
POST DOCTORAL RESEARCHER, UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI. FINLAND.
MASTERS DEGREE, COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES.
GRADUATED, BACHELORS IN JOURNALISM, UNIV. OF WARSAW, POLAND
FEW DAYS AGO, the 🇫🇷 French News Agency AFP NEWS PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE TITLED: Bill Gates, Bogeyman Of Virus Conspiracy Theorists: …and this article talked about all this claims targeting the billionaire philanthropist, that are gaining traction online since the beginning of the corona virus outbreak, with experts warning they could hamper efforts to curb the virus
Doctored photos and fabricated news articles crafted by conspiracy theorists -- shared thousands of times on social media platforms and messaging apps, in various languages -- have gone as far as accusing the Microsoft founder of creating the outbreak.
Bill Gates, who has pledged $250 million to efforts to fight the pandemic, is the latest in a string of online targets despite the World Health Organization's efforts to fight what it called an "infodemic" -- misinformation fanned by panic and confusion about the virus.
In recent months, 5G networks and Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros have also been blamed for creating COVID-19, which has killed more than 333,000 people around the world…
Our guest Dr. Polinzuk wrote recently a work called:
THE ALLURE OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC.