Spread of
misinformation and fake news is rampant today. On one hand, social media
platforms are becoming mainstay as a source of news and announcements from political
leaders and on the other they are (inadvertently?) acting as sources of
unverified and ill-researched opinion that tend to be construed as news/facts.
In the aftermath of the 2016 USA Presidential elections, alleged Russian interference by means of Twitter and Facebook triggered multiple Congressional hearings on the issue of the companies’ platforms being used as a means to spread misinformation.
