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Online platforms play a relevant role in the creation and diffusion of falseor misleading news. Concerningly, the COVID-19 pandemic is shaping acommunication network - barely considered in the literature - which reflectsthe emergence of collective attention towards a topic that rapidly gaineduniversal interest. Here, we characterize the dynamics of this network onTwitter, analyzing how unreliable content distributes among its users. We findthat a minority of accounts is responsible for the majority of themisinformation circulating online, and identify two categories of users: a fewactive ones, playing the role of "creators", and a majority playing the role of"consumers". The relative proportion of these groups ($\approx$14% creators -86% consumers) appears stable over time: Consumers are mostly exposed to theopinions of a vocal minority of creators, that could be mistakenly understoodas of representative of the majority of users. The corresponding pressure froma perceived majority is identified as a potential driver of the ongoingCOVID-19 infodemic.

The voice of few, the opinions of many: evidence of social biases in Twitter COVID-19 fake news sharing