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it's all over the Internet there are
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thousands of dollars coming your way
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courtesy of the government the claims
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are in the form of what look like news
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stories they say very soon in 2024
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you'll get a $2,000 check sometimes the
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stories say the money's going to
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Veterans sometimes to seniors sometimes
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to anybody collecting Social Security
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the stories claim it's a fourth stimulus
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check that was authorized years ago
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during the pandemic it's fake fake fake
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who is responsible for these stories is
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it scammers no it's AI the website
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newsguard which monitors online
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information says internet stimulus check
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stories are the main stay of what they
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call content Farms those are news sites
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which pump out fake information created
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by AI with little or no human oversight
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all they're looking for is clicks which
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gets them a high ranking on search
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engines and once you click the story it
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gives you content which bombards you
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with advertising that's how they're
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money since April newsguard identified
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over 700 purported news and information
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sites operating with little or no human
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oversight these days you have to do more
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than just read and believe you have to
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research and verify that what you're
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seeing on social media is really true
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working for you I'm the consumer guy
