Baltimore City Wire

Baltimore City Health Department issued the following announcement on Oct. 21.

Engagement with Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and Messenger were all associated with an increase in conspiracy beliefs, engagement with Twitter was associated with a reduction.

A new study suggests that while most social media amplified COVID-19 conspiracy theories during the pandemic, Twitter successfully curbed its spread. Researchers surveyed people from 17 (mostly European) countries to collect self-reported measures of social media use and conspiracy thinking.

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Source: Baltimore City Health Department