网络谣言导致了印度的暴徒袭击和伊朗的大规模中毒事件。在英国和其他一些国家，由于阴谋论在网上酝酿和扩散，电信工程师受到威胁和攻击，通信基站被点燃。

Social media also helps scammers to take advantage of the pandemic, selling ineffective badges that claim to ward off the virus, and urging followers to part with money in exchange for a "mineral miracle supplement", which is - in reality - diluted bleach.

社交媒体还帮助骗子利用疫情，销售声称可以抵御病毒的无效徽章，并敦促粉丝购买“矿物质奇迹补充剂”，实际上，这是稀释的漂白剂。

As vaccines emerge, there is the further threat that anti-vaccine campaigners will use the platform provided by social media to persuade people not to protect themselves.

随着疫苗的出现，反疫苗活动人士将利用社交媒体平台来说服人们不要注射，这是进一步的威胁。

Despite social media companies removing or labelling misleading information about vaccines, recent polling in the United States showed that 28% of Americans believe that Bill Gates wants to use vaccines to implant microchips in people.

尽管社交媒体公司删除或标注了有关疫苗的误导性信息，但美国最近的民意调查显示，28%的美国人相信比尔·盖茨希望用疫苗将微芯片植入人体。

The achievement of an effective coronavirus vaccine could be completely undermined by misinformation, doctors told the BBC's anti-disinformation team.

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