Kevin O'Neill: Tough battle to combat coronavirus falsehoods

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has engaged the help of tech giants like Facebook, Twitter and Google to aid in its efforts to eliminate fake news but the battle is becoming more difficult.

As governments intensify their efforts to fight the spread of the coronavirus, another war is being waged in the background: the fight to contain misinformation, bogus claims and conspiracy theories.

From false claims about sources to promises of miracle cures, social media has been flooded with false information that is, at best, misleading and, at worst, damaging.