This is what you get when anyone can publish whatever they want. This is the business model.
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This is how absurd, gaslighting "crisis actor" theories go viral.
One @facebook post from this person has 111,000+ shares. Another has 23,000.
This is one person, two posts.
Imagine the millions and millions of people crackpot theories like this are reaching and influencing.pic.twitter.com/VU7cKCJhXq
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Search for "crisis actors" on Facebook and you can see how pervasive this crap is on the platform: https://www.facebook.com/search/str/CRISIS+ACTORS/stories-keyword/stories-opinion …
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Just found another one with 32,555 shares.
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Here's a Facebook search with myriad videos racking up thousands and thousands of views labeling this student a "crisis actor." https://www.facebook.com/search/str/crisis+actors/keywords_blended_videos …
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It's not just Facebook. Dig in on Twitter. See how people are being influenced by and questioning this. https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=news&q=crisis%20actors&src=typd …
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Instagram flooded. https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/crisisactors/ …
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Minutes later, make that 146,547 and 47,243 shares, respectively.https://twitter.com/MicahGrimes/status/966077901127979008 …
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Comments being left on an NBC News Facebook post that features this student: "This kid is an actor" "he’s a crisis actor" "can u believe this is a 27 yr old paid actor?"
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Is there a parent out there in the US who hasn't had their child's school, or a school in their district, be impacted by a hoax threat in the past week? Looks at this: These are just the first 2 pages of a Google search. And what's a common theme? Threats via *social media*.pic.twitter.com/X0szcSlfyq
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Today in US schools being threatened via social media: https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=news&q=school%20threat&src=typd …
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-Conspiracy theories generate much reaction on social media -reactions drive social media trends (algorithm) -reactions drive conspiracy theories to the top -audience sees the top, and is influenced by what it sees -cycle repeatshttps://twitter.com/_cingraham/status/966331897457426434 …
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@NBCNews:@d_arkin and@bpopken break down the evolution of the "crisis actor" lies after the Florida school mass shooting. http://nbcnews.to/2HBRIJC + On@MSNBC,@AliVelshi and@SRuhle debunk the lies that fed the "theory" ->http://on.msnbc.com/2HAj1EdShow this thread -
One of the Florida school student-survivors on his experience with social media now that he's become outspoken.https://twitter.com/cameron_kasky/status/966322146153762817 …
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The price of defending free speech is the assumption that people reading it are smart enough to understand what is real and what is not. Blame the education system, not the constitution.
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THIS is the problem. The breakdown in trust of institutions including most importantly the media. On social media anyone with a meme generator is a news source. Journalists have been replaced with "personalities" in TV media. Newspapers are the last hope.
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And it is a paradox because now more than ever, the truth is mere clicks away. People need to ingest, think and then corroborate as needed. Willingly, or lazily accepting what is being forced down our throats every night on social media and/or the news is the problem.
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Just 3 clicks away to find this. Tough to see how it's not accurate. Do the math on the dates and it's impossible for him to have been a student in FL this semester since he graduated HS in southern CA 2.5 years ago.pic.twitter.com/GGExBVjOV5
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Well, you know what they say, if it's on http://Classmates.com , it must be true.
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You saying it's not there? It's not perfect but it's more than someone screeching about someone's tweet.
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You really need to educate yourself on reputable sources. Critical thinking skills. Deductive reasoning. Executive functioning. Something other than "believe everything you see on the internet".
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