It’s the age of social media and everyone with a smartphone thinks they are a journalist! We blog and tweet and snapchat and Facebook (when did these even become verbs?), we tell the world about our lives and for the most part it’s a wonderful distraction from the tough lives and traffic jams and political crises we wade through on a daily basis.
But while we’re doing this, we often forget that we all have a responsibility when it comes to social media and when it comes to ‘creating’ or releasing information. We have a responsibility to try and verify facts before passing them on blindly.
Be a little cynical and interrogate the information (as best as possible) before forwarding on to all and sundry.
Am I receiving it from a credible source? Do I have the person’s details? Who is this voice on the other side of this strange, scary sounding message?
Don’t simply buy into and believe everything you hear and read. Ask questions. The frequency with which you receive something does not make it legitimate. It merely means that more and more people are falling victim to an elaborate, cruel hoax.
Clink Link for more http://ewn.co.za/2016/11/11/opinion-when-social-media-sharing-turns-into-scaring?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Source: Eye Witness News Website
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