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In my previous article “Online Bots: When Accounts Aren’t Who They Seem,” we talked about bots and how manufactured voices can flood the internet with misleading content. But what happens when you actually want to check whether something you found online is trustworthy? For most of us, the instinct is to look more closely at…
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Have you ever scrolled through social media and noticed a post with thousands of likes and hundreds of comments, all saying nearly the same thing? Or followed a heated political debate where certain accounts seemed to post nonstop, never sleeping, never pausing? You may have been looking at bots. Not robots made of metal, but…
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The word clickbait is everywhere, but most people would struggle to define it precisely. At its core, clickbait refers to any headline or post designed not to inform you, but to get you to click. It prioritizes grabbing your attention over telling you the truth. And while it may seem like a minor annoyance, the…