The persistent Internet hoax endures, now on Facebook
Monday, January 12, 2015 - 08:00
in Mathematics & Economics
With somewhere in the region of 1.3 billion users, Facebook is the largest ever internet social engagement phenomenon. With so many people interconnected through the site, information can speedily propagate around the world – without any clear indication whether it is correct – and this has given new life to the phenomenon of the internet hoax.