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While the COVID-19 pandemic continues its global devastation, numerousaccompanying challenges emerge. One important challenge we face is toefficiently and effectively use recently gathered data and find computationaltools to combat the COVID-19 infodemic, a typical information overloadingproblem. Novel coronavirus presents many questions without ready answers; itsuncertainty and our eagerness in search of solutions offer a fertileenvironment for infodemic. It is thus necessary to combat the infodemic andmake a concerted effort to confront COVID-19 and mitigate its negative impactin all walks of life when saving lives and maintaining normal orders duringtrying times. In this position paper of combating the COVID-19 infodemic, weillustrate its need by providing real-world examples of rampant conspiracytheories, misinformation, and various types of scams that take advantage ofhuman kindness, fear, and ignorance. We present three key challenges in thisfight against the COVID-19 infodemic where researchers and practitionersinstinctively want to contribute and help. We demonstrate that these threechallenges can and will be effectively addressed by collective wisdom,crowdsourcing, and collaborative research.

Challenges in Combating COVID-19 Infodemic -- Data, Tools, and Ethics