"It was more about your confidence that made me believe and want to research it," commented one TikTok user.
However, the message seemingly went over some heads, as users rushed to suggest his claims could be true."He made a point tho," wrote one TikTok user. To make his point even more clear, Bharthur took to his account today, May 18, in an attempt to dupe viewers once more, with a fake"human psychology tip," on how to make your conversation more engaging.
The current pandemic has only increased the need for questioning everything you see online. According to a December 2020by Washington State University researcher Yan Su, as published in Telematics and Informatics, those who relied on social media were more likely to believe COVID-19 misinformation.
In February, TikTok began working with with fact-checking organisations PolitiFact, Lead Stories, and SciVerify to make the app more informative to users. TikTok implemented new warning banners on videos which were found inconclusive while fact checking. If the video is found to be false information, it is removed from the app.