Fighting Fake News
By @acelawrites
@acelawrites (19273)
Philippines
March 1, 2022 8:31pm CST
Reading comments on Facebook is so stressful, especially those coming from people spreading lies.
Some even resort to historical revisionism which is such a big crime. It is good Youtube and other social media sites try to weed out questionable accounts .It is such a big help so people will be fed truthful news, etc.
I felt like a keyboard warrior when I encounter such fake news, .perpetrated by trolls
who make money spreading lies.
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8 responses
@Vikingswest1 (6305)
• United States
2 Mar 22
What's really damaging is the people that are spreading fake news believing it's true. You can even show some of them actual evidence that disproves the news but they still believe the fake news.
I had it happen here.
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@Vikingswest1 (6305)
• United States
2 Mar 22
@acelawrites
MyLot is the only SM site I use. I deleted all the others and the fake news even comes here to this forum. It's inescapable.
It isn't only people, it's MSM behind it all.
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@Vikingswest1 (6305)
• United States
6 Mar 22
@acelawrites
We have all been betrayed by the media. Credibility has been lost and there is no one that reports news. They read stories.
Journalists have become writers.
@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
5 Mar 22
@Vikingswest1 so sad negative people ruin these media which should be used for the good of mankind!
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
2 Mar 22
So many proliferating lies about a certain personality; especially during these campaign period for national candidates here in our country.
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@LadyDuck (458976)
• Switzerland
6 Mar 22
@acelawrites It is too easy to spread fake news on the web, a lot easier than through the printed newspapers.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
5 Mar 22
So sad about it.Bad people ruined this important communications medium.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
13 Mar 22
@LadyDuck yes, because one could always go back to the printed news so one could check its veracity.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
2 Mar 22
There's a reason I stay away from Fakebook... It seems like nothing is real there.
I get tired of arguing with people who won't believe the truth even when you can show them scientific evidence of the truth.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
2 Mar 22
@acelawrites Yes... and there's nothing we can do about it.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
2 Mar 22
Agree; just makes us mad knowing they spread lies and won't accept any explanation.
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@sol_cee (38222)
• Philippines
5 Mar 22
@acelawrites I make the habit of going over the comments. Sometimes the answer is there
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
5 Mar 22
@sol_cee yes, there are good people trying to combat fake news.Thanks to them.
@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
5 Mar 22
So sad it proliferates when readers just share the fake info without verifying it.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
13 Mar 22
I could not go away from it to monitor current events from legit sources.I always fact-check.
@rsa101 (37968)
• Philippines
15 Mar 22
I used to have joined in a FB group that hunts down fake accounts of trolls but I just got too tired of chasing them away because they are just too many and they create multiple accounts that after one account is reported and successfully removed by FB other accounts would spring up somewhere. Now I barely open my FB account anymore and just focus on reliable news I can get from this site. It is also futile to rebut them since they really like engagements since that is where they usually get paid when they have large crowds gathering for them.
@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
5 Mar 22
It is the saddest thing.Even people whom you know are educated enough were also duped by fake news.
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