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What does it mean?
The Internet encourages spreading information without verifying if it is true.
In plain terms
Online info often gets treated as fact without proof.
What can you take from it?
Verify online claims before accepting them as true.

Where it applies

  • social media
  • research
  • fact-checking

Putting it to work

  • critical thinking
  • media literacy
  • verification

Questions to consider

  • How do you verify online info?
  • Why does the internet feel like truth?

Another view

Not all internet content is intended to be factual.

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