124 Quotes About Fake-news



  • Author Steven Shwartz
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    Researchers have found some interesting facts about computer-generated short social media posts:3•The average person is twice as likely to be fooled by these posts as a security researcher is. Computer-generated posts that are contrary to popular belief are more likely to be accepted as true.•It is easier to deceive people about entertainment topics than about science topics.•It is easier to fool people about pornographic topics than any other topic.

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  • Author Linda Gordon
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    Brandolini's law, developed in the context of twenty-first social media, is equally applicable to 1920s Klan-speak: 'The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude greater than that needed to produce it.

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