We as a community have been constantly exposed to
“fake news” for a number of years now. But how exactly
does fake news become so popular to the point that it
appears on our web browsers? One example can be
which investigates potentially one of the sources of fake
news in St. Petersburg, Russia that plagues our interfaces
on the daily. According to Chen (and his source Ludmila Savchuk
who used to work for the fake news source), The Internet
Research Agency, an agency “known for employing
hundreds of Russians to post pro-Kremlin propaganda
online under fake identities,” assigns these employees
a list of tasks everyday that must be completed - a quota
if you will - which includes posting “five political posts,
10 nonpolitical posts and 150 to 200 comments on other
workers’ posts” (Chen, “The Agency”). This is exactly how
“fake news” becomes so popular! Once enough “users”
comment and view the original post, no matter if its real
information or not, the post immediately shoots up to trending
and appears on our individual web browsers. So how are
people stopping the spread of fake news? Well, Savchuk
herself has “filed a lawsuit against the Internet Research
Agency for violating labor rights laws, citing the lack of
official contracts” (Chen, “The Agency”). Basically, people
are trying everything to cut these news sources out of
existence through lawsuits, or any evidence they have found
pertaining to “fake news”.
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