Battling the Misinformation Overload in America
Social media, in all of its unrestrained and omnipresent glory, has allowed every individual access to all information available in the digital and physical world. From health remedies to non-prescription drugs, if one can think of it, they can find it, without question. Unfortunately, this overabundance of data is directly correlated to the creation and dissemination of falsehoods. The unlimited accessibility of social media to the vast public and its potential as a tool of large-scale manipulation presents the modern world with extraordinary challenges. Misinformation, fake news, clickbait articles, spam, sensationalism, and a thousand different uninformed opinions have become as much of a pandemic in today’s day as the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.