A lot of people now have a lot of free time doing things because of quarantine. Some use it for beneficial purposes to improve the situation right now, some use it to create fake information and use it to create harm. Fake information can really harm people because you either make them overestimate the situation or make them underestimate it.
Especially in this scenario right now, the Covid-19 is really something you need to care about. During this time, people are really bored and don’t know what to do. First, one can do something very productive. For example, let’s say you’re very bored at home and don’t know what to do. You came up with an idea that you can read and get better at things. With this knowledge, you can teach someone else, such as your parents, your friends, or your family. Then, they’ll learn this knowledge and be more careful.
On the other hand, you can do something very harmful. For instance, you can create fake information that makes people believe something that doesn’t really exist. Creating information that is not true can cause people to overestimate or underestimate something like I said before. If you create something that makes people overestimate something, they’ll do something that is excessive and doesn’t have to be done. One example will be they’ll buy things to prepare for the Covid-19 but they aren’t really necessary.
Creating fake knowledge can really be bad for people. They can really think something that they really don’t need to. If you have time to create something harmful, why don’t you actually do something beneficial for humankind.