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A researcher from the University of Washington is studying the OTHER viral contagion sweeping America:

“Not necessarily how COVID-19 spreads through the population, but how conspiracy theories move through the population.”

says we are being played by professional rumor-artists who use Reddit and Twitter to plant their conspiracy headlines 鈥� typically with a YouTube link that you can鈥檛 resist watching.

“They wait for crisis events because there鈥檚 a lot of uncertainty during the early parts of a crisis, and all of a sudden they get amplified quickly on social media platforms and they can use that influence 鈥� they get money for the ad that sits next to that video you鈥檙e playing,” West said.

It鈥檚 about the money! So if you鈥檝e wondered … 鈥淲hy would someone spread a story that wasn鈥檛 true?鈥� 鈥� that鈥檚 why. And Jevin is so determined to stop it that he鈥檚 even CALLED Google.

“This was just two days ago, we told Google, we said, ‘hey 鈥� you鈥檙e showing these things on your top ad.’ And they go, ‘whoops!’ And it got fixed within hours.”

There鈥檚 the BIGGER story! You can actually CALL Google! At least you can if you鈥檙e professor Jevin West at the University of Washington and you run the Center for an Informed Public.

Anyway, go ahead and click on your conspiracy link. It won鈥檛 make you any smarter but at least you鈥檙e helping to pay someone鈥檚 rent.

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