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Acknowledgments vii
Introduction If It's on the Internet, It Must Be True Anne P. Mintz ix
Chapter 1 Social Media and Intentional Misinformation Meg Smith 1
Chapter 2 They Know Where You Live: Guarding Your Privacy and Identity Cynthia Hetherington 21
Chapter 3 Demonizing the "Other" Eli Edwards 41
Chapter 4 Ebuyer Beware Ben Fractenberg 57
Chapter 5 Information Warfare and Cybersecurity Deborah A. Liptak 81
Chapter 6 The Intentional Misleading of the American Public: Political Misinformation Laura Gordon-Murnane 107
Chapter 7 Charity Scams Craig Thompson 133
Concluding Thoughts Anne P. Mintz 149
Appendix A Evaluating Websites Amber Benham 153
Appendix B The Technologies of Deceit: An Annotated Glossary Deborah A. Liptak 163
About The Contributors 183
Index 187
Overview
Skilled researchers, journalists, and subject experts have come together in this follow-up to Web of Deception to reveal important lessons for staying safe and retaining privacy online. In the wake of the social media popularity boom—epitomized by MySpace, eBay, and Craigslist and accelerating with Facebook and Twitter—the success of internet con artists and thieves has been quick to follow. Manipulators have been provided with the tools and targets to perpetrate hoaxes and con games on an ever larger ...