The Great Instagram Hoax of 2019

A hoax can take over social media completely and when it does no one is safe- even celebrities. Back in August, there was a hoax floating around on instagram that the popular photo sharing site was changing it’s privacy policy- making all users’ content public, even messages. Many celebrities fell for the scam and reposted […]

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Internet Hoax Rachel Serata

To ask why there are such things as internet hoaxes is an interesting question that probably has no definite answer. There will not always be accuracy and truth by having something as powerful as the internet at the tip of our fingers, especially when we’re allowed access to social sites such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, […]

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hacking the internet hoax

It doesn’t take an Internet expert to hack a viral hoax. To uncover hoaxers’ motives social users should look at the power of celebrity reactions. Internet users create hoaxes to spark reactions from influential users and disrupt the digital community. The Instagram Hoax accomplished both tasks when celebrities reposted the information and spread the message […]

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