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Fake News: What Do You Do When You See It?

Here’s What Happened When I Fact-Checked A Friend

C.B. Peterson
5 min readSep 3, 2020

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Those of us who use social media need to power up our BS detectors and turn them up to 11, especially with the U.S. general election now less than two months away.

An internet search on “how to combat fake news” or “fighting disinformation” brings up no shortage of recommendations…

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C.B. Peterson

Tech writer by day, writer of whatever comes to mind by night. Also former newspaper copy editor, page designer, social media manager and graphics artist.