Most conveyed conspiracy theories by anti-maskers on social media in France 2020

The anti-mask movement originated in the United States at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, and has gradually spread to Europe. In France, the movement brought together only a few hundred people in the streets but was able to mobilize several thousand people on social networks. On social media the use of negative hashtags about the use of masks were much higher, representing 88 percent of hashtags about masks. Among the anti-maskers the most common conspiracy theories spread on social media were that the 5G waves were responsible for the CVID-19 pandemic (81 percent).

反口罩运动起源于2020年新冠疫情初期之美国，随后逐渐蔓延至欧洲。在法国，该运动仅在街头聚集了数百人，却能在社交媒体上动员数千民众。在社交媒体上，关于口罩使用的负面话题标签的使用频率显著高于正面标签，占总口罩相关标签的88%。在反口罩群体中，最普遍在社交媒体上传播的阴谋论是认为5G波段的辐射是COVID-19疫情的罪魁祸首（占比81%）。