Fresh confusion to start your week off right
At a time when there's a huge need and demand for credible info about what's going on, Twitter's trending topics are even more of a tire fire than usual. Almost all the top U.S. trends related to the protests today are either conspiracy theories or misinformation. pic.twitter.com/RHnU1AB7nu
— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) June 1, 2020
We woke up and smelled the burning trash from Twitter again: this morning brought trending rumors about a network “blackout” in the DC area along with a subplot about disappearing protesters presumably abducted by the authorities. The Washington Post noticed that #DCblackout was started by an account with three followers.
As for the image of flames nearly the height of the Washington Monument—that seems to be a screengrab from the TV show “Designated Survivor.” Unplug.
