Read the following passage and answer the question.

'The proliferation of social media platforms has fundamentally altered the way information is disseminated across the globe. News that once took days to travel from one continent to another now reaches millions of people within seconds. While this democratisation of information is lauded by many, it has also created fertile ground for the rapid spread of misinformation. The challenge for modern society, therefore, is not access to information but the ability to distinguish credible sources from unreliable ones.'

According to the passage, the greatest challenge posed by social media is

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Read the following passage and answer the question.

'The proliferation of social media platforms has fundamentally altered the way information is disseminated across the globe. News that once took days to travel from one continent to another now reaches millions of people within seconds. While this democratisation of information is lauded by many, it has also created fertile ground for the rapid spread of misinformation. The challenge for modern society, therefore, is not access to information but the ability to distinguish credible sources from unreliable ones.'

According to the passage, the greatest challenge posed by social media is

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the difficulty of identifying reliable information from false ones. The passage explicitly states that 'the challenge for modern society is not access to information but the ability to distinguish credible sources from unreliable ones.' This directly corresponds to option B. The other options either misrepresent the passage's content or introduce ideas not discussed

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A) the high cost of accessing social media platforms

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B) the difficulty of identifying reliable information from false ones

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C) the speed at which news travels across continents

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D) the reduction in the number of traditional news organisations

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