Because if you read enough misinformation, you can’t help but be influenced by it. The people who put out all this false information know it, too.
The only way to combat it is to ignore it. We must leave spaces where it occurs, cut ourselves off from people and sites promoting it, and never share anything we haven’t vetted with trustworthy fact-checkers. We need zero tolerance for ourselves when it comes to false information online.
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