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Copypasta

Copying, pasting and sharing hoaxes helps them spread online, sometimes for years.

Published Aug 21, 2019

One of the most persistent forms of misinformation is known colloquially as "copypasta." Internet users often unwittingly perpetuate false information by copying and pasting hoaxes and passing them along to others.

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