COVID-19 has accelerated the use of social data to spread fake news, misinformation, and disinformation. Technology countermeasures alone are not sufficient to address the ongoing problem of the malicious use of data. The term fake news is not new; however, it became popular during the U.S. presidential elections in November 2016.1 The first publicly known case of fake news was reported back in 1807, when U.S. President Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to John Novell saying, “Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper.”2 Then, in 1835, there was a famous hoax by the editor of The New York Sun, who wrote that an eminent astronomer had observed life on the moon.2 The recent digitalization of news production, distribution, and con-sumption and the massive adoption and uses of social me-dia have significantly contributed to an alarming case of misleading and unreliable information. Adding to that, the COVID-19 pandemic has not only brought fear but also new types of misinformation as people have started to turn to digital platforms for infor-mation about the virus.