It didn’t long for lies and disinformation to spread in the wake of Friday’s Texas school shooting that left 10 people dead. Within minutes, fake Facebook accounts popped up showing the suspected shooter with a doctored image of him in a “Hillary 2016” hat, for example.
Fake Facebook Accounts, Misinformation Spread Quickly In Wake Of Santa Fe School Shooting
Christopher Carbone, FOX News
Sun, 05/20/2018 - 4:49am
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