OMF Oh my fake: why WhatsApp poisons are so viral - 20 Minutes - OMF
A friend who wishes you well and who says above all well informed. His cousin is a nurse. Or her neighbor. Or it is his aunt who knows someone high up in the Ministry of Health, AP-HP…
In these times of epidemic and anxiety, you have certainly received a somewhat similar message by WhatsApp, messenger or other messaging app.
You may have believed in it, no doubt. To the point of transferring it yourself to dozens of contacts ... Except that this message was a fake.
This week in OMF Oh My Fake, Clémence focuses on the psychological mechanisms that make fake news much more credible when it goes through messaging or SMS.
OMF Oh My Fake , launched on Snapchat Discover, it's the 20 Minutes program that makes you strong against "fake news". Here, it is not a question of answering the question "Is it true or is it false?" "But to" Why did we believe it? », By analyzing the mechanisms that make fake news so attractive that even seasoned minds - like yours! - may succumb to it.
During this period, OMF is particularly dedicated to the coronavirus epidemic and the fake news that circulates on this subject. Subscribe, by scanning this snapcode in the Snapchat app, you will not regret it. Go!
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