The disinformation virus hits Mexico

Audio 19:30

A Covid-19 screening tent in Mexico City where the Covid-19 epidemic is raging.

AP Photo / Rebecca Blackwell

By: Alix Hardy Follow

21 min

The program Grand Reportage is now focusing on a global phenomenon: disinformation.

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, this "other epidemic" spares no country, and can have serious consequences.

Illustration in Mexico, where the infox aggravated the crisis of confidence between citizens and their institutions.

  • Mexico

  • Coronavirus

  • Infox

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