RE: RE: Not everything on the internet is true
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RE: Not everything on the internet is true

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Thanks for this...

The rate of fake news spreading online is alarming..
Not just fake news but also fake lifestyle, where you see people take pictures with things they don't have and can't afford, they claim houses that are not theirs..

I will bring Instagram mostly into this picture, you can hardly see someone not doing well on Instagram because everyone wants to post pictures and videos only when they go to a luxury hotel or snap with expensive cars, sometimes you see them and you feel bad because you don't have that kind wealth not knowing you are better than many of them...

Talking about information

This is another salient area, bloggers get pictures and construct write up that they ain't sure of and they don't care if they are misleading someone or not, all they care about is their money...
The most painful thing about it is how quickly we share without verification and many people might have fallen victim before they find out what exactly is happening...

Something happened to me in 2019, where a friend shared a WhatsApp message to me saying our school has gone on strike, he sent me pictures as proof and I was supposed to have an exam the next day...

I didn't read again thinking that the exam won't hold as school is on strike, only for me to wake the next day to hear that same evening that the news is fake and I hurriedly tried to cover up what I didn't read but couldn't, thank God I passed...

Avoid passing on misinformation to others, don't be the "fake news factory", get better informed about what you read, not everything is true

Exactly, even if someone sent the message to you, make sure you verify before sending to another, don't cause more harm with your ignorance..

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