Disinformation and Misinformation on Twitter during the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

Understand

As the novel coronavirus spread globally, a growing public panic was expressed over the internet.

• We examine the public discussion concerning COVID-19 on Twitter.
• We use a dataset of 67 million tweets from 12 million users collected between January 29, 2020 and March 4, 2020.
• We categorize users based on their home countries, social identities, and political orientation.