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Fact Checking Tips

Fake Profile Detector Extension

Fake profiles are all over social networks from Linkedin to Twitter, Facebook, dating sites, etc. Thanks to the browser extension “Fake Profile Detector“, you can now identify fakes in a very

18/08/2022 No Comments

Fact Checking Tips

Backfire Effect: Facts Do Not Always Make People Change Their Minds

We tend to believe that when we sharewith people evidencethat challenges their beliefs, they would re-evaluate and adjust their convictions accordingly. However, in reality,this is rarely the case. Multiple studies

09/08/2022 No Comments

COVID-19

Why Debunking a Misinformation Can Make People Believe It

Debunking misinformation could cause people to remember it better and to remember it as being true even after they’re shown corrective information that’s supposed to debunk it due to the

05/08/2022 No Comments

Fact Checking Tips

How to Deal With the False Consensus Bias

The False Consensus bias influences people’s thoughts and actions in various domains of life. It can cause someone with extreme political beliefs to incorrectly assume that the majority of the

21/07/2022 No Comments

COVID-19

Should we regulate social media? What do you think?

Social media platforms are now among the most important forums for discussing urgent social problems, such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, 5G, COVID-19 and climate change. Techno-idealists continue to promise

07/04/2022 No Comments

Climate Change

Trust Is Good, Creating Trust Is Better

By Peter Metzinger On International Fact-Checking Day, a few thoughts on the roots of the evil that makes fact checks necessary in the first place. Why do we need fact checks

02/04/2022 No Comments

Fact Checking Tips

Ukraine Facts: How to Stay Informed and Avoid Fake News?

In every conflict, censorship, propaganda, misinformation but also disinformation occupy the field. Unsurprisingly, since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, disinformation campaigns have multiplied. And if the Internet, digital platforms

23/03/2022 No Comments

Fact Checking Tips

Quick Fact-checking Tricks

While disinformation is rife and social media is amplifying stories and doubts about common facts whether in terms of the Corona pandemic, the Ukrainian war, climate change, etc. Here are

08/03/2022 No Comments

Fact Checking Tips

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