This made me think of that phrase "Practice makes Permanent". When I encounter false information on the internet I try to avoid reading it at all once I realize it is not a trusted source or supported claim. If we spend a lot of time reading something over and over we could permanently place those ideas in our subconscious which could lead us to falsely claiming or recalling information in the future.

I think that this is something everyone needs to consider when encountering mis/disinformation on the internet. Most false and bad news on the internet is written in a way to cause an EMOTIONAL response. But something that is less talked about is sometimes this causes a NEGATIVE emotional response, ie "I disagree strongly with this". The person who see's mis/disinformation on the internet that they strongly disagree with WILL STILL SHARE IT!! And add their thoughts on why its wrong/harmful/bad. But this defeats the purpose because regardless of your comments it's still bring SPREAD. So if you see something on the internet that you is wrong/false/fake, just click the "report" button and let the moderators do their jobs.

I really appreciate that this distinction is made. It seems to me that older generations like to lump all of us "young people" into the same boat but we had wildly different upbringings in terms of our exposure to the digital world. I am 32 years old and we didn't have computers in our classrooms until high school. In elementary school and middle school we had to go to "the media center" if we wanted/needed to use a computer; which was a room full of computers in the back of the library. Even when I made it to high school in 2005 having a computer in the classroom was limited. The teacher had 1 and then there were maybe 1-2 more for us to use on occasion. Same thing with cell phones & a computer in my house, I didn't have my own until I was in my late teens.