critical thinking

To beat "Fake News", look to… Finland? Members Public

Finland has been fighting Russian information warfare for over five years. What have they learnt?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
fake news

Fake New York Times story gets over 50,000 views Members Public

Fake New York Times story gets over 50,000 views [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/us/fake-new-york-times-article-claims-elizabeth-warren-endorsed-bernie-sanders.html] And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why we need to teach critical thinking: > A webpage that masqueraded as a New York Times article and claimed that Senator Elizabeth Warren

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
authority

Facebook helps out the satire-challenged Members Public

This has been lurking in my tabs for a while. Facebook is starting to experimentally mark satirical articles [http://mashable.com/2014/08/17/facebook-satire-tag/] – from The Onion in particular – as such: > β€œWe are running a small test which shows the text β€œ[Satire]” in front of links to satirical

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
critical thinking