The collective opportunistic nature of governments that has followed the COVID-19 outbreak has reached such extremes that in at least 38 countries, more than 300 individuals have been arrested, who by different means have spread what the authorities consider to be false information.
The fight against COVID-19 has not been limited to the health system. Limiting information has also been a part of how the pandemic is tackled.
In many cases, governments have decided to implement measures that control and penalize those who spread information that comes from unofficial sources.
Free speech groups have denounced that governments are using the coronavirus as a pretext for censorship.
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