Soon after the efforts to discredit COVID-19 vaccinations began, in late 2020, Latinx people were among the groups more hesitant to get the shots. Many researchers believe that misinformation campaigns are to blame.
The problem with narratives about Latinx gullibility is that they tend to conclude that an “external” intervention is needed to rescue these communities—that they need to be controlled. This is often the case with other communities, too. As Longoria, the co-author of the First Draft report, told me, “A lot of the conversation when it comes to Black, Indigenous, and Latino people and disinformation is very patronizing.
While he stands by the recommendation, Longoria notes that it makes him a little uneasy, because WhatsApp is “widely used by nonwhite communities.” He told me, “My concern over potential surveillance comes from a cultural difference between me and a lot of folks in the industry. The work I do focusses intentionally on racialized mis-disinformation that seeks to do harm. What matters most is the lens you are using to look at this conversation.
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