Disinformation Experts, Security Officials Urge Media Literacy

newsy: Sasha Ingber

Experts say more time at home because of coronavirus restrictions has contributed to a 'dis-infoverse.

"It was almost like a drug, to be honest," Jitarth Jadeja, an ex-QAnon follower, told Newsy. Starting with fake COVID causes, cures, and the mainstreaming of the conspiracy theory QAnon online, 2020 was a year people fell down rabbit holes and entered the realm of the surreal.

Watch the video here.