Former Married at First Sight contestant and Instagram influencer Amanda Micallef has spread COVID-19 misinformation online, but experts say this kind of behaviour and susceptibility to conspiracy theories give us an insight into what can happen to human thinking “under crisis conditions”.
Key points:
- Reality TV show contestant turned Instagram influencer Amanda Micallef says financial impact of lockdowns led her down a ‘rabbit hole’ of conspiracy theories
- Ms Micallef is one of several social media influencers who have shared misinformation since coronavirus restrictions began
- Former cooking show contestant Fanos Panayides was arrested at last week’s anti-lockdown protests
Recently, she shared a video of another former reality TV contestant speculating that the coronavirus was a ruse to get rid of physical money and added her own caption.
“I wholeheartedly believe that the Corona Virus [sic] is the beginning of world control,” she wrote.
A few weeks ago, fed up with being locked down, Ms Micallef visited an anti-5G Facebook group and advocated for an anti-lockdown