Approaches user can take when analysing online content.
News circulating on social media feeds may not be verified or objective on a certain subject. Therefore it is important for web-users to be critical of any information they consume online.
This website will offer all the information needed to recognise:
What is Fake News?
What forms does it take online?
How web-users can identify it?
What are the responses to it by social media platforms?
This site also lists various tools used to detect Fake News.
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