misinformation
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Google Hopes to Inoculate Internet Users Against Misinformation with Expanded ‘Pre-bunking’ Campaign
Google plans to expand a campaign against online misinformation to Germany this week, and later India, as first reported by the Associated Press. The strategy, known as “pre-bunking” or “attitudinal inoculation,” aims to train people on how to recognise false information and manipulated facts on the internet before they even encounter them.
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Germany Warns Elon Musk of Breaking EU Misinformation Laws on Twitter
Twitter CEO Elon Musk met with Germany’s digital director to discuss the country’s expectations for disinformation on the platform. German Embassy representatives organised the meeting in San Francisco which was scheduled with very little notice, the evening before it took place.
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Antivaxxers Are Using the Carrot Emoji to Disguise Talking About the Jab
Listen, I hate needles as much as the next person, but antivaxxers are taking their hatred of basic scientific advancement a step further by coding their communication in Facebook groups with carrot emojis to avoid the social media platform’s content filters.
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Massive Study Involving YouTube Finds ‘Pre-Bunking’ Inoculates People Against Misinfo
A new study conducted in collaboration with Google found that playing short videos about manipulation could help cut down on the misinformation problem.