AdvertisementCan Circuit Breakers Stop Viral Rumors On Facebook, Twitter?September 22, 2020Shannon BondfacebookEmailBuildings are engulfed in flames as a wildfire ravages Talent, Ore., on Sept. 8, 2020. Unfounded rumors that left-wing activists were behind the fires went viral on social media, thanks to amplification by conspiracy theorists and the platforms' own design. (AP)