23 December 2020

The Digital Generation Is Stupid

They were raised with technology we could only dream of, and yet they haven't learned the one thing that the Nixon adminstration showed to the world. Everyone is lying to you.

Or maybe gullable is a better word than stupid. Naive? Uneducated? The leading source of false claims about COVID-19? Hint: It’s not Facebook or Twitter.

Minorities and younger people are more susceptible to fake news and misinformation about COVID-19, and younger generations are also more likely to believe false claims they receive on closed messaging platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, according to a new national survey led by researchers from Northeastern, Harvard, Northwestern, and Rutgers universities.

Because although you can't trust what you see on the internet, WhatsApp is a great source of information. Or something. (Hat tip Clayton Cramer.)

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