Yikes. No surprise. Still, yikes!
Online influencers need ‘urgent’ fact-checking training, warns Unesco https://theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/26/online-influencers-need-urgent-fact-checking-training-warns-unesco
"...two-thirds of content creators fail to check the accuracy of their material, making them and their followers vulnerable to misinformation."
#ScienceUpFirst
Online influencers need ‘urgent’ fact-checking training, warns Unesco https://theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/26/online-influencers-need-urgent-fact-checking-training-warns-unesco
"...two-thirds of content creators fail to check the accuracy of their material, making them and their followers vulnerable to misinformation."
#ScienceUpFirst
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/Hard agree
If influencers cared about accuracy, they'd lose their audiences.
The root cause here is the platforms, not the user of the platforms. @noupside.bsky.social
The incoming POTUS is an influencer.
He’s old, a rapist, felon, fraudster, traitor and seditionist, who is also just a rich influencer.
We’ve allowed influencers to become de facto journalists.