Facebook Groups Flooded With Hundreds Of Hoax Posts
A recent study has revealed that members of local Facebook groups have been exposed to hundreds of hoax posts. These posts include false reports of missing children, deadly snakes on the loose, serial killers, and such shocking news. The fact-checking charity Full Fact discovered and warned about more than 1,200 false posts on Facebook’s community groups across the world.
Facebook Groups Exposed To Hoax Posts
” These posts could lead to people becoming overwhelmed with false information and were “designed to terrify local communities”
The fact is that genuine posts about dangers are more likely to be ignored due to these hoax posts. Reports claim that the misinformation was present in more than 100 areas in the UK from Dundee in Scotland to Bicester in Oxfordshire. Even though, in Dunfermline, people have also been falsely appealing for help to find missing dogs or children. A large number of people shared a hoax Facebook post about an injured dog found after an incident. Then there was shared content based on missing children and pensioners. Many other reports claimed serial killers and men with knives stalking in the streets. The investigation exposed numerous posts contending that a man armed with a knife was attacking people in Aberdeenshire, Bicester, Chesterfield, Glasgow, and Northern Ireland. Full Fact found dozens of such examples and warned that this change potentially made some local groups more accessible to those from outside the area.
This also seems to be a strategy for earning money because all those Facebook users clicking on links in edited hoax posts are taken to the real website of a legitimate company or organization. However, they arrive via an unconnected third-party website and an affiliate link, which earns a small fee.
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