Leave it to Instagram users to convince each other that the application is changing their privacy policy rather than the message come from the company itself. Towards the end of last month, Instagram was hit with a viral hoax stating that their policies are changing and your posts, comments, or direct messages (even deleted ones) […]
Read more "Instagram: PUBLIC OR PUBLIC?"It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new…Instagram hoax. Since the dawn of the internet, users (corporations and bored individuals alike) have used the web to draw attention to issues, causes, or outright outlandish things through hoaxes. From the Montauk Monster to the Blair Witch Project, the internet has proven its capability […]
Read more "Generation Hoax: Did you fall for it?"Whether you consider yourself an avid social media user, or a more infrequent online browser, you have most likely crossed paths with some sort of internet hoax. An internet hoax is essentially a viral message spread via the internet, that deliberately distributes and circulates a certain falsehood. Sometimes, these hoaxes present as a silly, light-hearted […]
Read more "Internet Hoaxes: Harmless or Harmful?"When I think of internet hoaxes the first thing that comes to mind is when 11 year-old me would send a “chain text” to my friends that said they would be cursed if they did not forward my message to 5 other people. Looking back, I realize how nonsensical my actions were, but at the […]
Read more "Why Internet Hoaxes are Harmful"The internet is known for being a dark place. A dark place that holds lots of false information. This false information has a name, “Internet Hoax”. Hoaxes can be harmful in ways such as giving warnings about computer viruses or supposed health risks or they can be harmless by just warning people about a new […]
Read more "Were You a Victim of the Instagram Privacy Policy Hoax?"Remember the 2000s? Everyone was sending out chain emails left and right saying that if the chain wasn’t forwarded on, their life would be over. And for that very reason, we all forwarded on the chain. That was the original internet hoax. Almost a decade later and these hoaxes continue to arise on the internet. […]
Read more "Share This Blog Post With Three People or WordPress Will Steal All Your data!"The internet has hosted countless hoaxes and the effects of these deceptions have the potential to be very harmful. Some hoaxes can be helpful in the way in which people are brought together or a positive change is made after the situation is realized to be a “hoax.” I would argue that every hoax […]
Read more "A Sculpture Makes Parents Question Their Children’s Social Media"In the current day with all this technology, there are many ways to create a hoax. I think the reason that people make internet hoaxes is simple: to get money and/or power. People who create these hoaxes usually want information to get into personal accounts to find something that leads to a monetary gain. Or, […]
Read more "What To Believe: The Harrowing Hoax Crisis"Everyone loves a good internet hoax. If I hadn’t forwarded that email chain when I was nine, I would still be having my 30 years of bad luck. But why do people create these hoaxes? There’s no general answer, as people have different motives, but in general, Dr. Mark Griffiths says there’s five main reasons: […]
Read more "Everyone loves a good internet hoax. And that’s a problem."Some pieces of content that go viral can be very funny and harmless, like a dance challenge or a meme. Others can be more dangerous and intend to manipulate people’s beliefs and ideas. Enter; the internet hoax. Despite whether the hoax ends up being funny or not, the intent to deceive is still present, which […]
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