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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
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Very good article regarding fake news in the (a)social media and what it is able to 'accomplish'. Nowadays a lot of people get their news and knowledge out of social media instead of school or books, and their mindset seems to be formed by believing a lot of this nonsense.
I am not a fan of facebook or twitter, the amount of sheer hate going on there is unbelievable, unless you sort out your friends and suppress all else what is going on there with various filters, so that all is echoing your opinion. Most hate stuff is being based on claims without evidence and sheer lies. And we know that the right and populistic branch has been very quick in adapting and using it.
In Germany, the "word of the year" is "postfactual", simply meaning that the truth has no chance against lies spread over the social media any more. The one who cries loudest is in possession of "the truth".