Uploaded November 2016 | Updated September 2026, 55 minutes ago
The internet has made it easier to publish anything online and make it look legitimate. Unfortunately, this also includes a variety of things that are either misleading or intentionally incorrect. Think about it: before the internet, publishing a fake newspaper wasexpensive. Now it’s cheap and easy to make a completely fake online newspaper that can look almost indistinguishable from a legitimate newspaper. But why would anyone do this? Easy: money.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://www.bluegroup.systems) production.
The internet has made it easier to publish anything online and make it look legitimate. Unfortunately, this also includes a variety of things that are either misleading or intentionally incorrect. Think about it: before the internet, publishing a fake newspaper wasexpensive. Now it’s cheap and easy to make a completely fake online newspaper that can look almost indistinguishable from a legitimate newspaper. But why would anyone do this? Easy: money.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://www.bluegroup.systems) production.
