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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

Anti-vax Twitter accounts pushing food crisis misinformation, study finds

A wheat field in Kharkiv. Zelenskiy has warned that millions of people could starve because of a Russian blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.
A wheat field in Kharkiv. Zelenskiy has warned that millions of people could starve because of a Russian blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports. Photograph: Sergey Bobok/AFP/Getty Images

Twitter accounts that have promoted QAnon and anti-vaccine conspiracy theories are switching focus and increasingly spreading disinformation about the global food crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a new study.

The research by the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), found that conspiracy theorist social media accounts started pushing the idea that western countries are responsible for the interruption of wheat, barley and maize exports from Ukraine.

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