As dystopian as it might sound, that “future” is now.
Nearly half of the people talking about Covid-19 on Twitter may be bots, according to Carnegie Mellon research. Conspiracy theories regarding cures are rife in Facebook groups. These forms of online discourse have fueled real-life action, often with destructive consequences, ranging from vandalism of 5G towers to hate crimes against Asian Americans to deaths from self-medication.
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