It’s easy to think that people who fall for misinformation are somehow stupid. However, a lot of what counts as ‘plausible’ information depends on the context in which its presented. Sending out a million fake ‘DHL has got your parcel and needs extra payment’ messages is successful to the scammer if 1% of recipients are expecting such a parcel. If 0.01% of the overall group click on the link, that’s still 100 people scammed.

You may or may not have seen that there has been some ‘backlash’ about the design changes in iOS 26. The approach, named “Liquid Glass” has been criticised by accessibility and usability experts, which leads to this plausible-looking tweet:

A satirical tweet about being fired by Apple is featured amid various news logos.

Several news outlets reported on this as fact, meaning that Google News ended up looking like this (screenshot by Georg Zoeller:

Various news headlines about Apple firing a lead designer of the new iOS 26 Liquid Glass UI are displayed on a smartphone screen.

Fake news, but with real consequences. Is Yongfook what he says he is? Of course not! (screenshot again by Georg Zoeller):

A person shares two contrasting tweets, one claiming to be a 42-year-old running a $550,000/year business, and another claiming to be a 17-year-old with a $10 million/month business.

As I said many moons ago, our information environment is crucial to a flourishing democracy and civil society

Source: (The Quint](www.thequint.com/news/webq…