It’s the holiday season and for many people that means it’s time to prepare for tableside political debates with relatives that may spur a lot of eye rolls and hurt feelings.
These days, such discussions are easily poisoned by political misinformation and disinformation that spreads online.
With that in mind, the holidays are a great time for everyone to improve their diet — their information diet, that is. I’m of the belief that worthwhile debate requires all parties involved to agree on basic facts. Here’s a quick “guide” with tips, tricks and tools to help you and your loved ones identify misinformation and disinformation online.
- I wrote this post in 2019 to explain how bad actors use journalists to spread misinformation, including through viral sloganeering and leak forgery.
- This CNET post will help you identify artificial intelligence-based manipulation and misinformation like deepfakes. It’s relevant given the Republican National Committee’s use of a deepfake to attack President Joe Biden earlier this year.
- ZDnet wrote a post that offers some helpful tips to identify misinformation being spread on popular video platforms like Instagram, YouTube and TikTok.
- Here’s a report from my NBC News colleague Brandy Zadrozny on how X owner Elon Musk and several accounts that are verified on his social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, have spread misinformation amid the Israel-Hamas war.
- This University of Pennsylvania study published in June offers vital insight into how to debunk science-based misinformation.
- I wrote this post earlier this year warning about media outlets focused on Black culture — like The Shade Room and No Jumper — spreading right-wing propaganda and misinformation.
- Here’s a Vox article on conservative efforts to spread right-wing misinformation and propaganda to Latino voters.
- This Washington Post article makes a convincing argument that the recent purported trend of social media users praising a letter Osama Bin…
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