Buzzword Or Real Threat? Fake News Is More Dangerous Than You Think

Photo: Getty. Article by Sebastiaan van der Lans. Forbes – March 26, 2021.

Is fake news really a threat to society? Isn’t it just badly doctored videos that are shared for fun, like memes? Isn’t fake news just a buzzword, or is it an insult when you don’t like a particular story? Don’t we know fake news comes from the same sources, so it’s easy to recognize?

Not necessarily, which is what our company’s new State of Misinformation 2021 report reveals. According to the report, which surveyed 2,000 people in both the U.S. and Europe on their views around misinformation online, fake news is a lot more deceptive than we may think — and a lot more of a threat than we realize.  […]

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