As a digital case example, current research examines how false news reached mass audiences in Nigeria on October 11, 2017. Rumors spread through the South Eastern states of Nigeria that soldiers were supposedly vaccinating and infecting children with the Monkeypox disease. This became a headline in newspapers and social media sites, such as Whatsapp, and aided in creating mass panic and fear. Parents reacted by messaging each other, sharing online posts and rushing to schools to pick up their children. Print and digital outlets included headlines like, “Free Medical Outreach: Army Wanted to Depopulate Southeast Region With Monkey Pox – Residents Insist,” “Parents Withdraw Children From Ondo State Schools Over False Rumors Of Deadly Vaccines,” and “Don't allow soldiers immunise your children - Ezeife tells Ndigbo.” Research gathered from this case suggests that although the parents and citizens were active in responding and communicating through social channels, they were passive in their choice to believe the false narrative.