Social media is full of lies, and the Iran attacks show how dangerous they've become
The whirlwind of misleading or fabricated reports tied to Iran’s retaliatory attack in Iraq on Tuesday night illustrates the depths and dangers of the nation’s misinformation crisis.Fueled by social media, the false reports generated fears of a wider outbreak of war when international tensions were already high and Americans on edge.Among the false reports was one widely circulated tweet that 20 American troops died and the nation was on the “precipice of another […]
