As protests against police brutality continue across the world, many people are using social media to monitor events in real time. Social media platforms have been rife with misinformation, conspiracy theories and outright false stories about the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. And as with any major world event, some are raising concerns that foreign adversaries might weaponize social media to further polarize Americans. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou reports.
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