How Misinformation Spreads On Social Media — And What To Do About It

It pains me you can’t say anything about Covid19 on social media or the platform will slap a banner on your post, directing you to the “approved” government information source on the topic. Facebook even has their “own” information centre on the topic. They want to control the narrative so bad they literally insert their information into your post. Are we collectively ok with that?

Stop The Spread

Stopping the spread of misinformation a good thing. Never before has so much bad information been spread online about something so impactful to our wellbeing… or has it? Or is the only difference “just” that covid19 impacts literally the entire world? It’s not unthinkable, and come to think of it, maybe it’s very likely, misinformation exists on every topic online.

I’ve once spoke to a client who used Google as a spell checker. When he didn’t know how to type a word, he’d Google it the way he thought it should be spelled. If he found any results, the spelling was correct – he argued. He thought…