It started from social media X to spread, inexorable and viral. The fake death of the American intellectual Noam Chomsky went around the world in just a few hours.
The fake spread through online obituaries and newspapers. Then everyone was petrified by the embarrassment of the hoax. After due rectification, the marks remain. Deep.
Noam Chomky, 95, has remained unstable due to health conditions since 2023, suffering a stroke which caused him to withdraw from public events.
In recent days, following an email from his wife confirming the philosopher’s unstable condition, the American magazine Jacobin published an obituary, then shared on the social platform
In the post, verbs are used in the past tense, as if to confirm the disappearance.
The domino effect on excellent death is unleashed. Was it a plot? Where is the truth?
It is well known from many studies that fake news increasingly sounds like disruptive and fascinating news. They are made specifically for this, to seduce and persuade. Usually a bit of truth and a bit of plausibility are mixed in, to make it even more difficult to trace the contents.
Misinformation and disinformation, again driven by artificial intelligence tools, are a major global threat.
There are many phenomena.
Human language. Noam Chomsky has spent his entire life talking about learning and universal language.
In the end (or almost) a viral case is born between post and communication.
Perhaps the provocation of an independent publisher?
