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The article mentions other false images - like a "Stop Racism" post about a white woman not wanting to sit next to a black man. - which is a hoax according to the article. Or, political rhetoric (in this election year) of "who raises the national debt more" - which according to the article has been discredited by fact-finding blogs over the years.
So ... take some of the reposting and sharing of information as potentially false - and keep looking for your niece's pictures of her son learning to ride his bike!!!
Facebook is a great social medium. I can see what others are doing, share pictures and experiences - and I can also spread old Urban Legends.
The article notes:
John Doe (name changed) "does not have a strong social media following. He’s basically anonymous; type his name into Google, and you’re not going to find anything about him. But in January, Doe ran across an image of what appeared to be two teenagers cruelly hanging a puppy by a string and posted it to his Facebook wall. Text on the image implores users to “share this picture” and contact authorities if they recognize the perpetrators.
The photo has since been shared over 70,000 times from this profile, making it among the most widely viewed content on the site. Yet what Denham didn’t realize at first is this image has been circulating on the Internet for years, and the culprits were identified long ago.So, what is sometimes posted as 'true', might be a old image reposted on Facebook.
The article mentions other false images - like a "Stop Racism" post about a white woman not wanting to sit next to a black man. - which is a hoax according to the article. Or, political rhetoric (in this election year) of "who raises the national debt more" - which according to the article has been discredited by fact-finding blogs over the years.
So ... take some of the reposting and sharing of information as potentially false - and keep looking for your niece's pictures of her son learning to ride his bike!!!
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