Experts argue that the spread of such disinformation amplifies existing xenophobic beliefs within the American psyche as a means of political gain. It's so dangerous when people with a platform are repeating these very fabricated rumors, said Gladis Ibarra, co-executive director of the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition. These are very much part of a large coordinated strategy to continue to demonize our immigrant neighbors. It's undermining the values of our nation and historically what people have said this nation stands for.
Misinformation (inaccurate information that is spread unknowingly) and disinformation (false information that is meant to mislead) are widely shared via social media platforms, despite a push for fact checking and accuracy since the 2016 presidential election. The phenomenon of inaccurate news still occurs at alarming rates as people's online algorithms are largely driven by their political biases, according to Jeffrey Layne Blevins, a journalism professor at the University of Cincinnati.
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