WHY PEOPLE KEEP FALLING FOR VIRAL HOAXES

From wired.com

THE INTERNET IS dark and full of terrible sources of information. Sometimes it seems like every day brings a new one to the list. There are the toxic conspiracy theoriesdeepfakes, and fake news mills. And then there are good old-fashioned internet hoaxes. You know the ones—the sort of fear-mongering, copypasta-esque warnings that came in the form of cryptically bolded email chains a decade ago, and today dot the social media feeds of your friends and relatives.

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