In-Credible Source Busters

By: Agustina Parise | Jack Lipei Tang | Jacqueline Hyman

Populist and extremist movements manipulate the media to disseminate untrue or decontextualized information to gain and stay in power and discredit the opposition. In the age of social media, people constantly receive information and news stories on multifarious platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. However, social media companies do not take the responsibility to verify information posted and shared. Technology is one of the reasons why the circulation of fake news increased in the past few years.

As there is no evidence that the tech companies will change their current policies on regulation of content, we believe that individuals like you and me should take action now.

Try our Twine game!

Here is a game aiming at raising your awareness of the importance of source credibility check and the impact of your online actions on others. Click the picture below to enjoy!

Read our manual, too!

Click the picture below and you will see our manual on unveiling non-credible sources. While it is linked here, we recommend you play the Twine game first to get an idea about the issue. There is a link back to the manual at the end of the game.