Whether during an election or just a regular day of the year, people are bombarded with news and information in their feeds. So how do we know what's true and what's false? A lot of it unravels with a little digging. We show you what to look for and how to protect yourself from falling for disinformation and misinformation. Sources: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/misleading-information-haitian-asylum-seekers-1.4235565 Tips for spotting fake news: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/fake-news-disinformation-propaganda-internet-1.5196964 Michigan University, "Fake News," Lies and Propaganda: How to Sort Fact from Fiction https://guides.lib.umich.edu/fakenews First Draft Field Guide to Fake News: https://firstdraftnews.org/project/field-guide-fake-news/ Federal election easy prey for social media manipulators, experts warn: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/the-national-election-interference-fake-news-social-media-1.5179838 'Call their bluff': Shut down social media platforms, ex-Facebook adviser urges https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/facebook-grand-committee-tuesday-1.5152436 Canada should regulate social media firms to protect election, says international group https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/social-media-election-disruption-disinformation-1.5171462 Trudeau government unveils plans for digital overhaul https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/digital-internet-canada-laws-1.5143522 https://scholarship.law.gwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1298&context=faculty_publications Trudeau warns of 'meaningful financial consequences' for social media giants that don't combat hate speech https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/digital-charter-trudeau-1.5138194 Brendan Nyhan and Jason Reifler., When Corrections Fail: The persistence of political misperceptions https://www.dartmouth.edu/~nyhan/nyhan-reifler.pdf (2010) Donald Braman et. at., The Polarazing Impact of Science Literacy and Numeracy on Perceived Climate Change Risks, 2 Nature Climate Change 732 (2012) https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-zuckerberg-backs-privacy-legislation-11561589798 Leticia Bode & Emily K. Vraga (2018) See Something, Say Something: Correction of Global Health Misinformation on Social Media, Health Communication, 33:9, 1131-1140, DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2017.1331312 https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2017.1331312 RESOURCES: Gordon Pennycook, psychologist, interviews: June 12 and July 18, 2019 »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS Connect with CBC News Online: For breaking news, video, audio and in-depth coverage: http://bit.ly/1Z0m6iX Find CBC News on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1WjG36m Follow CBC News on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1sA5P9H For breaking news on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1WjDyks Follow CBC News on Instagram: http://bit.ly/1Z0iE7O Download the CBC News app for iOS: http://apple.co/25mpsUz Download the CBC News app for Android: http://bit.ly/1XxuozZ »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» For more than 75 years, CBC News has been the source Canadians turn to, to keep them informed about their communities, their country and their world. Through regional and national programming on multiple platforms, including CBC Television, CBC News Network, CBC Radio, CBCNews.ca, mobile and on-demand, CBC News and its internationally recognized team of award-winning journalists deliver the breaking stories, the issues, the analyses and the personalities that matter to Canadians.
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