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CV Contact Tracers Are Facing Death Threats And Comparisons To Nazis On Facebook And YouTube
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/coronavirus-contact-tracers-are-facing-death-threats-and
"Contact tracers are the new Gestapo," one post said.
Jane Lytvynenko
BuzzFeed News Reporter
Last updated on June 11, 2020, at 10:34 a.m. ET
Posted on June 10, 2020, at 12:03 p.m. ET
In reality, contact tracers carrying out the essential work of tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus are key public health responders to the pandemic. But online, they are being compared to the German secret police and facing death threats, according to a new report shared exclusively with BuzzFeed News.
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a London-based think tank researching online disinformation, has found dozens of Facebook posts and YouTube videos spreading hoaxes and lies about contact tracers have received hundreds of thousands of views since the beginning of the pandemic.
And it's worried that the posts present a danger to public health.
“We very quickly started to see a pretty concerted effort to direct existing conspiracy theories and disinformation tropes toward the contact tracing narrative,” Chloe Colliver, head of digital analysis and policy at ISD, told BuzzFeed News.
The new ISD report showed four types of activity around contact tracing falsehoods: claims about “FEMA internment camps,” big tech involvement, global elites, and the 2020 US elections. Although contact tracing has spawned fears of increased surveillance worldwide, it has also been essential in tracking and slowing the spread of the virus.
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"Contact tracers are the new Gestapo," one post said.
Jane Lytvynenko
BuzzFeed News Reporter
Last updated on June 11, 2020, at 10:34 a.m. ET
Posted on June 10, 2020, at 12:03 p.m. ET
In reality, contact tracers carrying out the essential work of tracking the spread of the novel coronavirus are key public health responders to the pandemic. But online, they are being compared to the German secret police and facing death threats, according to a new report shared exclusively with BuzzFeed News.
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a London-based think tank researching online disinformation, has found dozens of Facebook posts and YouTube videos spreading hoaxes and lies about contact tracers have received hundreds of thousands of views since the beginning of the pandemic.
And it's worried that the posts present a danger to public health.
“We very quickly started to see a pretty concerted effort to direct existing conspiracy theories and disinformation tropes toward the contact tracing narrative,” Chloe Colliver, head of digital analysis and policy at ISD, told BuzzFeed News.
The new ISD report showed four types of activity around contact tracing falsehoods: claims about “FEMA internment camps,” big tech involvement, global elites, and the 2020 US elections. Although contact tracing has spawned fears of increased surveillance worldwide, it has also been essential in tracking and slowing the spread of the virus.
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MORE Q/Putin fuckery right here 
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