The posting of false information on Facebook, X/Twitter and other social media sites can cause problems for just about anything from politics to community affairs to the reputation of an individual or organization. As with user-generated content, there is limited oversight or vetting, although starting in 2018, the media companies have attempted to address this issue. Nobody envisioned that major disruptions would be a consequence of social media when they took off in the mid-2000s. See
deepfake,
fake website,
fake fans,
disinformation,
cyberbully and
social media.