Can you outsmart a troll (by thinking like one)? - Claire Wardle
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Your town is holding a mayoral election and the stakes have never been higher. You suspect one of the candidates will begin pushing false information to swing the election. As the cybersecurity expert, your job is to inoculate the townspeople against false information. First, you must learn the strategies of disinformation trolls. Claire Wardle explores the tactics of disinformation campaigns.
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- Educator Claire Wardle
- Director Gavin Edwards
- Narrator Susan Zimmerman
- Sound Designer Stephen LaRosa
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- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Script Editor Cella Wright
- Fact-Checker Joseph Isaac
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Misinformation is impacting almost all aspects of our lives, from what we believe about the coronavirus, climate change, and elections. What are some things governments, social media platforms, and educators can do to make a difference?
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Austin Renteria
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very interesting
sofia barrera rivera
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Interesting topic! I came from the Linguamarina channel.
Shun Yat Alpha Choy
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nothing
Kacper Ozimek
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Teachers have to teach young people in school (parents at home as well) that not everything they see or hear is actually true. Government should verify somehow the true websites so people would know that this particular post is true. It would help avoid disinformation
Łukasz Marcinkowski
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It should be a section like media and information manipulation, added to the school curriculum as part of the curriculum in the classroom.
Tomek Motyl
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They should create a toll, or a team to check fact worthiness, because spreading false news across the internet should be illegal and it is duty of social media owners to check it objectively and care about their users.
Paweł Petrykowski
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First of all they should teach young people especially in school how to avoid manipulation and how to verify the information found somewhere
Elle Leung
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every parties involved in the society should participate in the progress in long term. Social media and educators should work together to create content that cater to the style of audiences with providing guideline about how to fight against misinformation. Government should set up punishment for people or organisation who performs misinformation.
Mariia Shevchuk
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Spread information should be verified by government, moderators on social media platforms in accordance to the proved sources and national policies.
Aleksander Kolczewski
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There should be severe penalties for misinformation on such serious matters as coronavirus
