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Name: How false rumours, misinformation and disinformation are fuelling social media
Uploaded: 2024-08-09T10:44:09.373Z
Duration: 2 min 52 s
Description: The ongoing unrest in the UK was supposedly started by a false rumour. The origins of the claims that triggered riots across the country are still being investigated, with authorities struggling to determine if it was mis- or dis-information, and who was behind it. It's thought at any given time there are hundreds of millions of fake accounts and bots across social media platforms.

How false rumours, misinformation and disinformation are fuelling social media

Published 9 August 2024, 10:05 am

The ongoing unrest in the UK was supposedly started by a false rumour. The origins of the claims that triggered riots across the country are still being investigated, with authorities struggling to determine if it was mis- or dis-information, and who was behind it. It's thought at any given time there are hundreds of millions of fake accounts and bots across social media platforms.

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