The Infodemic: Fact Checking Claims About Android Users and COVID-19 Tracing

June 11, 2020 4:45 PM

Fake news about the coronavirus can do real harm. Polygraph.info is spotlighting fact-checks from other reliable sources here.

Daily Debunk

Claim: Android phone users are being signed up for a COVID-19 tracing app by Google without their knowledge.

Verdict: Partly False

Read the full story at: Reuters

Circulating on social media: Tweets linking 5G and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Verdict: False

Read the full story at: The Verge

Polygraph

Polygraph is a fact-checking feature of the Voice of America (VOA). Polygraph serves as a resource for verifying the increasing volume of disinformation and misinformation being distributed and shared globally.

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