Once you know the prime sources of fake news, knowing how to identify and avoid fake news gets a lot easier. For every story, graphic, or other form of news media, alwaysverify who the original publisher is. Keep an eye out for notoriously unreliable websites, unknown blogs or organization...
Fake news in the form of disinformation on social networks has become a real concern, with serious potential consequences as a result of the massive viral spreading of false information and fake news. To this end, a systematic literature review was performed to investigate how the validity of ...
Everyone, from the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to the roadside political henchman today knows about fake news. This is the news that does not exist but has been cooked up to influence and provoke people into action. Images, videos and texts are morphed and created to give...
and contemporarypolitics, economics, and social relations can get really complicated. The sheer amount and density of information on the web is overwhelming. We humans have particularly awesome brains, and one of their major functions is to help us identify when things don’t make sense. ...
Identify the source of an article that looks suspicious. Who posted it on social media? Was it an account you implicitly trust, or one that’s totally new to your feed? Have you heard of the publication that put this article out? Who wrote it, and what’s their background?
sometimes involves the use ofDeepfakes. These are fake videos created using digital software, machine learning, and face-swapping. Images are combined to create new footage which shows events or actions that never actually took place. The results can be very convincing and difficult to identify ...
Can you identify an AI-generated photo? AI tools that allow you to generate an image simply by typing in a word is lifechanging. Who doesn’t want to generate a cat smiling at the camera with a sunset in the back? The rise and popular use of these tools can make it hard to differe...
I tell this story of two maps to emphasize that when people are discussing the truth or falsity of news, and the responsibility of sites like Facebook, Google, and Twitter to help identify it, they somehow think that determining “truth” or “falsity” is something that only humans can do...
Lancaster University study: April Fools hoax stories could offer clues to help identify ‘fake news’30 Mar The Guardian article, What is fake news? How to spot it and what you can do to stop it described fake news:Surely it’s easy to tell fake news from real news Actually, no. A...
Example of a fake bank text message scam. Source:Reddit But upon further examination, scam text messages always have one or more telltale signs of fraud. Here are six ways to identify a faketext message scam: It doesn’t come from your bank’s short code or number.If a bank texts you...