As social networks and news media grow faster and faster, false information is spreading rapidly on the Internet. Since many people post information anonymously on social media, this leads them not to carefully confirm the accuracy of the information. This can have a very bad effect on society.

Wow:

  1. The rapid development of social media has led to a variety of ways for people to socialize.
  2. But anonymity leads to people talking out of turn on the Internet. Fake new is becoming more and more common.
  3. At the same time, amplified propaganda seriously endangers the social order.

Wonder:

I wonder if removing anonymity makes fake messages lee frequent? But would this result in no one daring to post real information in their real names? Such as fear of retaliation.

Related Course Links:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/disinformation-propaganda-amplification-ampliganda/620334/