We all have to become digital detectives
The first is
where is this information coming from?
A lot of fake news sites
Try to create a url which is similar
to a url of a publication that you might know
or you might be familiar with
Ultimately, the best way to understand
wheter or not a site is trustworthy
is to actually read the context on the site
not just one article on it
but other articles and see:
do they meet the standards of quality journalism?
If it makes you really angry,
or really sad
or it makes you burst out laughing
that's actually a red flag to you
because is kinda short circuiting
your logic center or your ability to think
I can look up the author of that article
I can see the other things they've written.
Is there an author of the article?
Because, that's an importante tip
in helping us figure out
wheter or not this piece of information
is actually real and trustworthy.
If i read something that says:
Scientists say that
chocolate cake makes you smarter
Well, what scientists?
and, what exactly did they say?
One of the ways
in which rumors spread is
that a lot of people
keep repeating the same information,
but nobody has verified it.
So journalists depend on
high quality sources
so experts,
how did you come across this information?
how do you know
that this information is true?
Someone takes that photo
that maybe 3 years ago and say,
"This is happening right now".
We saw a lot of that
during recent hurricanes
Using a reverse image search
on Google
can tell you where that image
has appeared before and
who has shared it
That can give you important tips
as to whether or not
the image is original
Whether or not the image is
in its original context
This is what we have to do
we try to drill down a little bit deeper
than that first tweet
that tells you that chocolate cake
makes you smarter.