“If you ask Amazon’s Alexa about the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, it says “the government planned” it.”
Social media posts
social media posts. Claim dated 31 Mar 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 31 March 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 April 2020, 16 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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