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WATCH: simple steps to fight fake news

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Aphra Evans Alon Aviram
Aphra Evans and Alon Aviram

How can we fight fake news? Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, cognitive psychologist at Bristol University, spells out some simple steps.

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  • Ashley Kaste
    July 31, 2020 at 8:03 am

    Wow…..that was excellent! Good foresight and I wish that people would again value fact over fiction. Interesting ideas on how the internets barrage of information could potentially be more transparent. I’ve often wondered how so many people can believe in so many off the wall conspiracy theories. It still doesn’t make sense to me. Anyways…thanks for the video! Glad someone is looking into this!

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