BREAKING: Denzel Washington and his son, John David Washington, have just dropped a DOUBLE BOMBSHELL baby announcement — welcoming twin babies — and it’s the TWINS’ NAMES that are breaking the internet!

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The role of social media in spreading the rumor

These types of posts typically originate on:

• Clickbait Facebook pages
• TikTok “news” accounts with no verification process
• Recycled content blogs that automate celebrity stories

Once posted, they spread quickly because users:

• Share before reading carefully
• Assume familiarity equals truth
• React emotionally continue reading …
  

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