Millions of people communicate and share information with each other everyday. Many people use social media to get their share of news and information that’s relevant to them. However as you may know not everything found on social media is true. There is plenty of fake news/ rumors that gets shared around social media and although it may not seem like it, that information could have detrimental effects on society. Here is a list below that points out a few problems that can arise because of misinformation:
- Biased opinion on a topic
- false sense of importance
- inaccurate info
- Spread of hoaxes
- spread of False information (such as clickbaits, propaganda, misleading headings and etc.)
