Too Easy to Spread Misinformation
People who were righteously outraged by the lies surrounding the Parkland Shooting unintentionally and unfortunately were one of the primary sources of the misinformation. If they had not blown up the story on the social media, fewer people would have seen it and the story might have died sooner “the crisis actors narrative was being amplified on other platforms, as well. The promotion of stories being aggressively pushed by far-right conspiracy sites raised alarms. YouTube had to intervene to remove a video promoting the crisis actor conspiracy that topped its trending algorithm.” This is an interesting and counterintuitive problem because the disgust with the misinformation contributes to the spread of misinformation. It is difficult to solve this issue because of how interconnected and large our society has become.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-liberals-amped-up-a-parkland-shooting-conspiracy-theory/
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