Dealing with backbiting and talebearing in social media

Question:
This is a question that says: In this time, backbiting and talebearing have spread in an obvious manner. It is known that they have serious and harmful effects on the individual and society, especially when they target those in authority and the scholars. This has become clearly evident through social media and the new media. How should a student of knowledge, in particular, and a Muslim in general, deal with them? The question is from the College of Sharia, without a name.

Answer:
Deal with it by leaving it, as long as it is presented in a way that displays evil and corruption—corruption of ideas, corruption of belief, and corruption of religion. Stay away from it, because it harms you and affects you. Stay away from it, warn against it, and do not approach it. Keep it away from your home and your children. These are means of evil, means of destruction, means of corruption, and means of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). Stay away from them, keep your children away from them, and advise others to stay away from them. Yes.