By Maria Giovanna Sessa, Senior Researcher at EU DisinfoLab Executive summary As the perception of expertise has now become a question of credibility over competence, the research identifies a three-fold typology of actors who, being publicly recognised as experts despite their lack of knowledge on COVID-19, consistently transmitted disinformation in Italy during the first year … Continue reading Disinformation self-proclaimed experts: Spreading COVID-19 disinformation under the guise of expertise