Welcome to Commando on Demand Insider with Kim Commander, your fast-paced weekly update straight from Kim's desk to your ears.

I'm Mike James, and there was a tweet a while back called DC Blackout or hashtag DC Blackout that went viral about the rioting in Washington, D.C.

And this particular tweet was actually completely bogus. It was made up.

We're going to hear more about that. But more specifically, the whole phenomenon of social media,

disinformation, and misinformation. Kim's special guest today is Darren Linville. He's an associate

professor of communications at Clemson University.

He studies social media misinformation, how it gets started, and if you can spot it, what can be done about it?

Is misinformation spreading on Facebook? Is it getting worse? Are there any sides to tell if there is misinformation on a social media post?

And are people getting more hateful on social media? We're going to cover all of that today on

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But today, it's Commando on Demand and social media misinformation with our guest, Darren

Linville, just ahead.

I read a story recently in the Washington Post about how the hashtag DC Blackout was started

by a brand new account with three followers and then it suddenly snowballed

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