Given the potential harm caused by misinformation about the severity of COVID-19 and how to prevent the virus, we fact-checked some of the documentary’s most misleading claims. Most of that engagement appears to have been driven by Brian Rose and his organization London Real, which is behind the website that hosted "Plandemic 2" and has a history of airing falsehoods about COVID-19. Still, according to CrowdTangle, a social media insights tool, Facebook and Instagram posts with the term "Plandemic" have received tens of thousands of combined interactions since Aug. TikTok appeared to block searches for the term "Plandemic." Twitter added a warning message saying the link is "potentially spammy or unsafe." Soon after the live feed started, Facebook blocked its users from sharing the link in posts and private messages. RELATED: Fact-checking ‘Plandemic’: A documentary full of false conspiracy theories about the coronavirus This version hasn’t received as many views, because the tech platforms were expecting it. Tens of millions of people saw the shorter video before social media platforms removed it for violating their policies against harmful COVID-19 misinformation. It starts where its predecessor left off - a defense of false and misleading claims made by Judy Mikovits, a discredited former scientist at the National Cancer Institute - and ends with aphorisms about humanity and heroism. The video follows up on the shorter "Plandemic" that went viral in May (and was removed by tech companies for violating misinformation policies). Anthony Fauci, the pharmaceutical industry, and fact-checkers like PolitiFact and Snopes. Among its targets are Bill Gates, technology companies, Dr. 18, a website that hosts videos removed by YouTube aired "Plandemic: Indoctornation." The video is a pseudo-documentary that spins a conspiracy theory about the spread of COVID-19 over 75 minutes. The sequel to a video filled with conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic is so far not the viral hit that the original was.
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