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Coronavirus Special Report: Disinformation spreading about COVID-19

Demonstrators in Richmond in April demand that Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam lift restrictions that closed businesses since the coronavirus outbreak.
Demonstrators in Richmond in April demand that Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam lift restrictions that closed businesses since the coronavirus outbreak. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Jason Dick and Evan Campbell
Posted June 4, 2020 at 5:03pm

Tonight, we explore how disinformation about COVID-19 is spreading across social media and what Congress and the tech companies that own these platforms are doing to mitigate it. Then, we explore the uptick in coronavirus-related franked mail and the latest in health care policy news. 

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