How to Catch a Liar on the Internet

In this article by Megan Garber, she discusses how the internet makes it easy to not only lie more, but also to catch people in lies. Studies have been done that prove that people lie much more behind a computer screen than in person. Catching people in their lies is made simple with just a quick google search, or a bit of research on social media or the read receipts on an email, etc. Interestingly though, people tend to lie less on job applications/resumes because of the amount of people that will be viewing it and how easy it is to tell if someone is lying or not. People also tend to lie less in emails because of the permanence of the text. Many of the lies people tell on the internet are small, slight exaggerations. These are mostly on online dating profiles or through text messages or phone calls. I enjoyed reading this article because it had a good flow and the author used relatable examples to make it easy to understand.