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Diego A Bolivar
Syretta T Massey
Introduction: How can it be that in an era in which all information we need is at arms
reach, it is also the era of which we are the most misinformed? With the birth of the internet and
the worldwide web the rate in which people share information has skyrocketed to an unstable
degree. At the same time misinformation on the internet has also increased. Certain components
of the internet like social media act as a breeding ground for wrongful information to be made
and spread. Fake news can also affect many aspects of society including our politics and how
they are interpreted. But not everything may be lost, several organizations are fighting back to
keep the internet clean from false information and help people get the right facts.
I. Topic Sentence: Social media platforms are able to distort information since they
are based on user input and anyone can share anything with anyone.
including exposure to fake news via unreliable news sources and a propensity to
B. Many teens and adults are encountering misinformation and fake news on a daily
basis via social media and the Internet without being aware that the information they
C. Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are fertile ground for
II. Topic sentence: Fake news on the internet can have an effect on politics and even
affect voter turnouts during elections from deception of news and facts to benefit
A. Fabricated news is expressly disseminated for the sake of earning money from clicks
B. Statistics have shown that the top 20 fake election stories of 2016 on Facebook were
politics and reporting is a crucial step toward being able to create an intellectual
III. Topic sentence: Certain organizations have gather their resources to combat the
A. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said it was pretty crazy to suggest that
Facebook could have influenced the election The company has developed a fact
B. The fact-checkers have been doing this good work for years, but they're more
newsworthy now, because there are just so many more lies to confront. (O'Leary)
C. With information access becoming increasingly easy via technology the role of
teaching people of all ages how to evaluate information quality and authenticity is
Conclusion: In overall, attention is needed to one of todays biggest social, political and
technological issues. Misinformation on the internet can affect many aspects of society and
change minds of how people interpret information. This problem can only be defeated by
educating and informing people about it and giving them solutions. The right thing to do is to be
responsible by double checking what one sees posted on articles, social media, and even media
outlets to make sure we are getting the right information. Nonetheless, getting accurate facts is a