Articles By

Eleonore Fournier-Tombs

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COVID-19

Ambiguity in authenticity of top-level Coronavirus-related domains

Nathanael Tombs and Eleonore Fournier-Tombs

During the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, citizens have been attempting to obtain critical information and directives from official government websites. These are usually hosted on top-level domains, such as coronavirus.mx. There is no reliable mechanism to verify these websites’ authenticity, and the space is also shared by commercial entities selling related (or not) products and advertisements.

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