Comment by zorr
4 years ago
I think we are really close to a situation Neil Stephenson described in his book "Fall, or Dodge in Hell" where the internet/social media is swarmed with APEs. Bots that spread so much misinformation in various directions about a topic so it becomes impossible to trust anything posted online.
See also: "the maelstrom" in the Starfish Trilogy/Series by Peter Watts.