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minus-square@lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilink12•5 months agoFEMA has a webpage for catalogging and responding to rumors about the hurricane response, though I don’t see any as extreme as the ones mentioned in this thread: https://www.fema.gov/disaster/recover/rumor/hurricane-rumor-response I’m skeptical of how much this will help after seeing how misinformation spread during COVID, but at least they’re trying.
minus-square@jjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilink6•5 months agoI think the people who need to have these rumors debunked wouldn’t trust a .gov website. They’ll believe a random fb post though.
FEMA has a webpage for catalogging and responding to rumors about the hurricane response, though I don’t see any as extreme as the ones mentioned in this thread: https://www.fema.gov/disaster/recover/rumor/hurricane-rumor-response
I’m skeptical of how much this will help after seeing how misinformation spread during COVID, but at least they’re trying.
I think the people who need to have these rumors debunked wouldn’t trust a .gov website. They’ll believe a random fb post though.