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Coronavirus: Russia denies spreading US conspiracy on social media
ByMichael Armstrong February 22, 2020February 23, 2020

Claims circulating online allege the virus is an attempt to wage an “economic war on China” Russia has flatly denied allegations that it is spreading disinformation about the new coronavirus outbreak on social media. US officials said Russian-linked accounts were making unfounded claims that America started the outbreak. Thousands of profiles on Twitter, Facebook and…

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Russia Claims the the US is behind the Coronavirus Epidemic
ByMichael Armstrong February 22, 2020February 23, 2020

www.pixabay.com US government officials have suspected Russia of spreading fake news about the coronavirus, thus undermining international efforts to combat the epidemic, AFP reported. The information comes after thousands of profiles on social networks, mostly from Russian people, spread information in support of the conspiracy theory that the United States is behind the epidemic with the new coronavirus. In this way, Russia is destroying…

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