5. Social and emotional impact:Fake news can evoke strong emotions, including fear, anger, and anxiety, among young individuals. False information about public health, safety, or social issues can cause undue stress or panic. Moreover, the spread of fake news through social media can lead to ...
During the 2016 U.S. Presidential elections, a group of North Macedonian teens launched around 140 political websites that shared the news considering the US elections that were not actually true. Some of the fake news shared on the sites were that the Pope was supporting then-presidential cand...
it was difficult to imagine any world leader casually insulting 1.3 billion people. But this commonsense rule may no longer apply in the era of US President Trump. After all, a typical Trump speech contains more clickbait fodder, fake news, or fire and fury than even the ...
be diligent and consider the source; the New York Evening (a fake news site) is not the same as theNew York Times. Always be cautious of the wonderfully satirical stories fromThe Onionthat often get mistaken for real news.
According to an NPR story, workshops like “How to Spot Fake News,” sponsored by a nonprofit called Senior Planet, are teaching older adults how to check sites like Snopes and FactCheck.org to determine if the stories they’re reading are based in fact or false propaganda. One participant...
“We’ve probably had fake news and misinformation, as long as we’ve had news,” explains Nick Adams director ofPublic Editor, a non-profit news-vetting service from U.C. Berkeley that will soon annotate the accuracy of the news as you read it. “What’s new, is that we have two ...
4 key points to spot false videos Here are questions to ask yourself when determining whether a video is real or fake: Movement - How is the subject moving in the video? Do their body language and facial expressions appear odd? Background - ...
Computer viruses can make a victim feel helpless, vulnerable and despondent. Next, we'll look at a virus with a name that evokes all three of those feelings. 4: MyDoom The MyDoom virus inspired politicians like U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer to propose a National Virus Response Center. Alex...
Fake bank text messages are a form of smishing where fraudsters use texts to impersonate financial institutions and phish for PII.
Social media is playing in increasingly important role in the spread of news, and many argue that the spread of fake news on Facebook played a role in the U.S. election. Whether that’s true or not, the fact is that Mark Zuckerberg and his associates feel somewhat responsible for informi...