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How an Air Travel Map Was Used to Scare the Bejeepers Out of You

Published on 20 February 2020 by Jonathan Crowe

BBC News: “Here’s how a decade-old map showing global air travel was used incorrectly by news websites across the world, leading to headlines such as ‘New map reveals no country safe from coronavirus tentacles’ and ‘Terrifying map reveals how thousands of Wuhan travellers could have spread coronavirus to 400 cities worldwide.’” Blame the usual culprits. [Kenneth Field]

Mapping Refugee Rumours

Published on 13 February 201613 February 2016 by Jonathan Crowe

CBC News: “A German website called Hoax Map is debunking false rumours about refugees throughout Germany and Austria, many of which range from the absurd to the disturbing.” Here’s the link; in German.