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Cambridge scientists consider fake news 'vaccine'
The appearance of fake news on websites and social media has inspired scientists to develop a "vaccine" to immunise people against the problem. A University of Cambridge study devised psychological tools to target fact distortion. Researchers suggest "pre-emptively exposing" readers to a small "dose" of the misinformation can help organisations cancel out bogus claims.
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Nope. Nothing Orwellian here. Move along, citizen.
Well put,and chillingly accurate.
You mean like the next time we are told that some despot has WMD's and that we should not wait for a mushroom cloud for proof so we need to put together a coalition of the willing, against the advice and authorization of the UN, invade, subjugate, kill the leader and maintain a permanent presence...and more stuff like that for other despots in Egypt and Libya, Syria, well just about anywhere....the next time, by God, after this vaccination, we won't believe any of it!