Misinformation on the Internet

Introduction

Physical violence and/or harming someone is never the solution in my opinion, the only time it is acceptable is if done in self-defense or in aid of someone else that needs to be defended.

Today I will be discussing the topic of Digital Footprints and the Judicial System across the world. I’ve been planning to discuss these two topics for some time now, but in light of the recent capturing of the alleged murderer of the CEO of America’s highest insurance claim denial percentage company ¹²³, I’ve decided that it would be interesting to discuss it in relation to this event, especially since he was a programmer which is my field of study.

A person accused of a crime is innocent until proven guilty, unfortunately with the speed that the internet spreads news people do not follow this rule and assume automatic guilt, especially if famous persons and news publications spread the allegations. This can harm the reputation of a person forever even if they are actually fully innocent and were falsely accussed. Even worse, the person(s) that falsely accusse them never get any punishment in most cases.

Sources

1. https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/payer/unitedhealthcare-denies-most-claims-any-major-health-insurer-data-show ↩︎

2. https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2024/12/05/unitedhealthcare-denies-more-claims-than-other-insurers—angering-patients-and-health-systems/ ↩︎

3. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/nyregion/delay-deny-defend-united-health-care-insurance-claims.html ↩︎