online misinformation - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org Let No Man Take Your Crown Fri, 16 Feb 2024 22:34:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-Screen-Shot-2024-05-16-at-1.06.13-PM-32x32.png online misinformation - Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org 32 32 Google now will be ‘prebunking’ online misinformation https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/google-now-will-be-prebunking-online-misinformation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-now-will-be-prebunking-online-misinformation Fri, 16 Feb 2024 22:34:36 +0000 https://www.garnertedarmstrong.org/?p=45336 After seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, Google will initiate a new campaign in Germany that aims to make people more resilient to the corrosive effects of online misinformation. The tech giant plans to release a series of short videos … Read More

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]]> After seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, Google will initiate a new campaign in Germany that aims to make people more resilient to the corrosive effects of online misinformation.

The tech giant plans to release a series of short videos highlighting the techniques common to many misleading claims. The videos will appear as advertisements on platforms like Facebook, YouTube or TikTok in Germany. A similar campaign in India is also in the works.

It’s an approach called prebunking, which involves teaching people how to spot false claimsbefore they encounter them. The strategy is gaining support among researchers and tech companies.

“There’s a real appetite for solutions,” said Beth Goldberg, head of research and development at Jigsaw, an incubator division of Google that studies emerging social challenges. “Using ads as a vehicle to counter a disinformation technique is pretty novel. And we’re excited about the results.”

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Source: https://fortune.com/2023/02/13/google-new-campaign-fight-online-misinformation-involves-prebunking-false-claims/

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