remixtures, to random Portuguese
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: "When it comes to not falling for misinformation, being aware of our human fallibilities, such as our quickness to believe what we want to believe, is a good first step. Research shows that even being more reflective in general can "inoculate" us against believing fake news.

But it's not the only thing that we can do. In particular, researchers have found there are several simple, concrete strategies that we all can (and should) use, especially before we're tempted to share or repeat a claim, to verify its accuracy first.

One of my favourites comes with a nifty acronym: the Sift method. Pioneered by digital literacy expert Mike Caulfield, it breaks down into four easy-to-remember steps."

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240509-the-sift-strategy-a-four-step-method-for-spotting-misinformation

br00t4c, to random
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WATCH | Fact-checking claims about who's behind pro-Palestinian student protests

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4224238?cmp=rss

br00t4c, to random
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br00t4c, to random
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Fact-checking Trump's claims about tax cuts, job numbers and inflation in Wisconsin, Michigan

#factchecking #formerpresident

http://www.politifact.com/article/2024/may/02/fact-checking-trumps-claims-about-tax-cuts-job-num/

br00t4c, to random
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Fact-checking claims that George Soros is 'paying student radicals' involved in campus protests

http://www.politifact.com/article/2024/may/02/fact-checking-claims-that-george-soros-is-paying-s/

br00t4c, to internet
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br00t4c, to random
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'Again... I Don't Know How Many Times I've Said This': CNN's Trump Fact-Checker Seemingly Tiring of Job

https://www.mediaite.com/news/again-i-dont-know-how-many-times-ive-said-this-cnns-trump-fact-checker-seemingly-tiring-of-job/

Wen, to journalism
@Wen@mastodon.scot avatar

Context is vital. That’s why I’m filming everything I say and do from now on

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/28/context-is-vital-gideon-falter-met-police

Always try to read linked articles before boosting or condemning… 🤣

And an addendum - MSM ‘journalists’ (that includes Sky who didn't report on the whole video for some day) try checking your facts rather than believing orchestrated and edited videos.

remixtures, to news Portuguese
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#FactChecking #News #Media #SERP #Google #Search #Journalism #ContentModeration: "Our investigation found that fact-checks enjoy greater visibility in Google Web Search compared to the articles they seek to correct, both in terms of frequency of appearance and their placement within the SERP rankings. Specifically, our study shows fact-checks rank higher than problematic content across five topical keywords groups, Covid-19, climate change, the war in Ukraine, U.S. liberals and U.S. elections, except in contested stories related to the war in Ukraine, where articles about U.S. bio-labs share equal prominence with their corresponding fact-checks. The findings imply Google moderation effects, as fact-checking content is more prominent given (nearly) equal levels of optimisation. It also implies that fact-checks are generally more prominent for audiences searching for problematic content, though both often appear in the same SERP. Navigational queries (e.g., searching for the name of a source and that content) reduce moderation effects." https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3614419.3644017

br00t4c, to random
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Fact-checking Aaron Rodgers, who repeated Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s false claims about HIV/AIDS

#aaronrodgers #factchecking

https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2024/what-is-azt-aaron-rodgers-conspiracy-theory-hiv-aids-drug/

researchbuzz, to worldwithoutus
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#Africa #misinformation #disinformation #FactChecks #FactChecking

"Africa's top anti-fake news digital platform, FactCheckAfrica, has announced the launch of an AI-infused platform to assist journalists and ordinary citizens in verifying the accuracy of information."

https://www.legit.ng/nigeria/1589012-factcheckafrica-launches-ai-combat-misinformation-fellowship/

br00t4c, to NFL
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Fact-checking Aaron Rodgers, who repeated Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s false claims about HIV/AIDS

http://www.politifact.com/article/2024/apr/22/fact-checking-aaron-rodgers-who-repeated-robert-f/

br00t4c, to random
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Fact-checking Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago press conference with Mike Johnson

https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2024/speaker-mike-johnson-mar-a-lago-trump/

br00t4c, to random
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X posts - Fact-checking the false claim that O.J. Simpson posted an online confession before his death

#factchecking #post

http://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/apr/12/tweets/fact-checking-the-false-claim-that-oj-simpson-post/

br00t4c, to random
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danslerush, to random French
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« Qui sont ces internautes " ingénieurs du chaos " qui veulent voir le monde brûler ? […] Les propagateurs de espèrent avant tout trouver un statut social à travers la dissémination du chaos. »

https://www.ladn.eu/media-mutants/ingenieurs-chaos-internautes-monde-bruler/

br00t4c, to random
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Fact-checking PM's claims on prisons, crime and the NHS

#factchecking #rishi

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw59x02x3e7o

br00t4c, to random
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The International Fact-Checking Network's statement on proposed legislation before the Georgian parliament

https://www.poynter.org/ifcn/2024/ifcn-statement-factcheck-georgia-myth-detector/

br00t4c, to random
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br00t4c, to random
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br00t4c, to geopolitics
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Fact-checking grows but concerns remain over funding, harassment, report finds

https://www.poynter.org/ifcn/2024/state-fact-checkers-report-2023-findings/

br00t4c, to random
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filippodb, (edited ) to random Italian
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Primo aprile: l'unico giorno dell'anno in cui le persone valutano criticamente le cose che trovano su Internet prima di accettarle come vere.

Ma per tutto il resto dell'anno su mastodon abbiamo:

@factcheck - Bufale.net - Servizio gratuito di #debunking e #factchecking. Con lo 0% di finanziamento pubblico

&

@butac - butac.it - Profilo ufficiale di BUTAC - #Bufale Un Tanto Al Chilo

Consigliatissimi per evitare Disinformazione, Pseudogiornalismo, Phishing, Truffe, Propaganda.

#PrimoAprile

Infrogmation, to Facebook
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Facebook is tagging videos of the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore a "False information".

Has Meta turned "fact checking" over to AI, or to Alex Jones?

https://www.facebook.com/704758180/videos/339345372446167/

#Facebook #Meta #FactChecking #Baltimore #FrancisScottKey #KeyBridge

br00t4c, to random
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