Wildfire Clickbait: Milking a Disaster on Social Media

In the wake of the devastating California wildfires, conspiracy theories abound, some of them with no basis in fact. Just after her Pasadena home was threatened by the fires, author Su Falcon ran into a wall of disinformation in social media. Find out what she did about it, and how you can help keep the internet free of this kind of destructive garbage.

Resources

• Website: California Fire Facts
• Website: Watch Duty
• Website: AirNow
• Book: How I Survived My First Year with Chickens
• Video: ‘They're Eating the Dogs:' Trump Makes False Claim About Migrants | WSJ News

Send us a text

Support the show

Join our Patreon to listen ad-free!