Detecting fake news
1. Detecting fake news. - Does it make you frightened? - Does it make you angry? - Does it come from social media? - Did you see it on a website with lots of adverts? - Is it sensational? - Does it agree with your existing biases or prejudices? If your answer to any of the above is "yes", it could be fake news. If you answer "yes" to most of the above, it is almost certainly fake. The purpose of fake news is to stir up political sentiment or just to spread like a virus, or sometimes to drive you to a commercial site, e.g. a site that spreads fake news and encourages you to buy a product, such as a conspiracy book or a fake medicine. 2. How to verify Before assuming something is fake news, learn how to verify. - Take the image and upload it into google image search. You can only do this from a laptop or PC. See what the search returns. If it returns lots of sites with similar content, it is probably fake. If it returns links saying it is fake, then it is probably als