Passage: The rise of citizen journalism, where ordinary people report events using smartphones, has changed how news breaks in real time. While this has allowed underreported stories to reach wider audiences, it has also raised concerns about accuracy, since eyewitness footage is rarely fact-checked before it goes viral. Traditional newsrooms now face pressure to verify such content quickly without sacrificing accuracy. Question: In the passage, the phrase ‘goes viral’ most nearly means:

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Passage: The rise of citizen journalism, where ordinary people report events using smartphones, has changed how news breaks in real time. While this has allowed underreported stories to reach wider audiences, it has also raised concerns about accuracy, since eyewitness footage is rarely fact-checked before it goes viral. Traditional newsrooms now face pressure to verify such content quickly without sacrificing accuracy. Question: In the passage, the phrase &#8216;goes viral&#8217; most nearly means:

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Spreads rapidly to a large audience. 'Goes viral' is an idiom meaning content spreads quickly and widely, unrelated to illness

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