Most people assume that online misinformation is impossible to stop. That by the time a rumor reaches a community, the damage is already done. That in a world where a single post can reach thousands in minutes, ordinary people are simply at the mercy of what spreads. In conflict-affected regions, that helplessness has a real cost. A rumor shared in a WhatsApp group doesn’t stay online. It becomes anger. It becomes confrontation. It becomes viole…
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