3 Easy Ways to Shield Yourself From Misinformation Online
A few tips I find most helpful
In our increasingly online and digital world, it is essential to identify and stop the spread of misinformation as much as possible. First Draft, an organization dedicated to combatting misinformation worldwide, defines misinformation as “the inadvertent sharing of false information.” Over the past few years, I have been interested in taking note of some of the best advice and practices when it comes to navigating this exigent issue. Here are three simple ways that you can protect yourself from misinformation online:
1. Be wary of the ‘rabbit hole of algorithms’
In a recent interview for Amanpour &Co., journalist Ronan Farrow highlighted the role that social media algorithms played in radicalizing those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.
Farrow said:
“…The fact that the algorithms built into Facebook are designed so that if you click extremist misinformation, it’s going to send more of that your way. If you search for Rudy Giuliani, you’re going to be sent down a whole rabbit hole — not of information about who Rudy Giuliani is that’s accurate, but about Rudy Guiliani’s worldview and some of the misinformation that he has peddled. And that’s a very hard…
