Fake News Affecting the Adherence of National Response Measures During the COVID-19 Lockdown Period: The Experience of Vietnam

摘要

COVID-19 has severely affected people’s health and well-being, including all economic sectors,tourism, culture, and education. Along with combating the COVID-19 epidemic, fighting the“infodemic,” which refers to the rapid spread of misinformation, related to the disease on thesocial media is also of concern, because fake news spreads faster and easier than this virus, andjust as dangerous (1). This causes anxiety among public and motivate them to follow or believe inthe unreliable information, making the containment of epidemic more complicated when raisingthe uncertainty and unnecessary behavior of public, and hindering the collaboration and unity incombating the epidemic (2).