The promoters of Internet they described it as the door to personal and collective emancipation. His enthusiasm came from a vision of the future. access to Internet it would grant people possibilities that had never before been within their reach. They could communicate quickly, find out about everything that was happening, collect any scientific, technological, historical, literary or artistic content, spread information, and express their opinions.
Authoritarian governments, however, have managed to block access and impose restrictions on Internet in their countries, which is undoubtedly a serious threat to the materialization of those expectations of emancipation. But in a strange and unexpected outcome, another even graver and more insidious danger looms over that rosy vision of the future.
The emancipating power of Internet depends on the veracity of the information circulating through it. If they are false, not only will they not fulfill their purpose, but their effect will be detrimental. And today falsehood abounds in the Webaffects social networks and a great variety and quantity of virtual pages. The mixture of true and false information in the same place makes it difficult to distinguish between one and the other, and sows confusion among those who access it.
It is well known that the greatest responsibility for this deterioration in credibility falls on the victims of disinformation themselves. Of course, the primary culprits are those who purposely place falsehoods on the Web, seeking traffic for their pages, sensationalism, fame, money, revenge or the promotion of their beliefs. But its impact would be limited were it not for the fact that many other people are willing to share and spread such information. In this respect, one can speak of a concordance between falsehoods and points of view. If the information supports the opinions of those who receive it, they tend to consider it true and disseminate it without question.
