"What we find over & over again is that people are over-relying on these search engines or their social connections. They put this blind faith in them... They think they’ve done their due diligence and checked but it makes it worse than not checking...'"
Scientists Explain Why ‘Doing Your Own Research’ Leads to Believing Conspiracies
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bjpm/scientists-explain-why-doing-your-own-research-leads-to-buying-conspiracies