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The Disinformation Superhighway 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Azadeh Aalai looks at how the internet, and particularly “social” media, has empowered scams and scammers. She focuses on the career of Belle Gibson, the subject of two recent documentaries.

Aalai points out that

It isn’t that con artists or scammers didn’t exist prior to the internet age, but, today, the reach and scope of such bad faith actors is so much wider. . . . . Unfortunately, when consumers are lacking in media literacy and/or vulnerable, they are prime targets for such predators.

Follow the link for the rest, and, remember, just because you read it on a screen, it ain’t necessarily so.

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