Today is #AprilFools Day.
Hoaxes & satires may be everywhere.
Check every story that seems too good to be true.
Google before you retweet.
Read About pages.
See if authors exist.
Learn when a website was created, & by whom.
Do this every day online: :)
digiphile.info/2020/09/20/pra…
Hoaxes & satires may be everywhere.
Check every story that seems too good to be true.
Google before you retweet.
Read About pages.
See if authors exist.
Learn when a website was created, & by whom.
Do this every day online: :)
digiphile.info/2020/09/20/pra…
If you work in media, please consider skipping any #AprilFools jokes today. Trust is already low:
news.gallup.com/poll/321116/am…
People have been disinformed & already believe you make up sources & intentionally mislead.
Instead, catalog what's real – & what isn't – with the public.
news.gallup.com/poll/321116/am…
People have been disinformed & already believe you make up sources & intentionally mislead.
Instead, catalog what's real – & what isn't – with the public.
Whether you work in media or not the Verification Handbook will be a good resource today and every day in this infodemic: verificationhandbook.com
If trust matters to you or your work, beware of eroding it by accident or intent. (Professional trolls at IRA have different calculus)
If trust matters to you or your work, beware of eroding it by accident or intent. (Professional trolls at IRA have different calculus)
“Every man should have a built-in automatic crap detector operating inside him.”– Ernest Hemingway, 1954
blog.sfgate.com/rheingold/2009…
"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them."
If your mother says she loves you, get a second source :)
blog.sfgate.com/rheingold/2009…
"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them."
If your mother says she loves you, get a second source :)
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