CAPTION:#ParliamentaryElections2019
Image text: I did not decide who to vote for
Fake news has been becoming a huge problem especially with social media that can spread news that is real or fake in the matter of minutes. For example The upcoming elections in Moldova are coming back but there has been a problem which is fake news. This week “168 Facebook accounts, 28 Pages and eight Instagram accounts” were found misleading people which is the reason they were all removed. Post over the elections that were not true were all being seen by thousands of people. It was found that some of the fake political news that was being spread was linked to employes of the Moldovan government. Facebook says they are constantly investigating and searching for these accounts as they said “we don’t want our services to be used to manipulate people.” Although the manipulated photos, divisive narratives and satire are temporarily removed accounts will keep coming back to mislead people. What Problem has social media opened?
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