Alert: Don't Believe Everything You Read About the Migrant Caravan
Alert: Don't Believe Everything You Read About the Migrant Caravan
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
October 24, 20188m 50s
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Show Notes
Call it the era of misinformation. Call it a crisis of trust. If you must, call it fake news. The truth is that in 2018, hot-button news events are immediately weaponized online by interested parties, whether that’s foreign actors trying to undermine democracy, local politicians trying to rally their base, spammers trying to make a quick buck, even trolls in it for the old-fashioned lulz—or all of the above.
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