> When enough fake news is spread, serious things can happen. Bad things. At a small scale, an individual’s reputation can be ruined. At a larger one, a foreign government can manipulate the outcome of a rival’s election.
people keep repeating this like it is a truism, but how many specific examples are there of this and how much damage does fake news really do? Which specific piece of fake news influenced the 2016 U.S. presidential election? Where are these fake news stories that are always going viral? The only viral fake news that I have seen are The Onion and Babylon Bee but those are intentional satires.
people keep repeating this like it is a truism, but how many specific examples are there of this and how much damage does fake news really do? Which specific piece of fake news influenced the 2016 U.S. presidential election? Where are these fake news stories that are always going viral? The only viral fake news that I have seen are The Onion and Babylon Bee but those are intentional satires.