Straight Line of the Day: Prebunking! How To Spot Something False: …

Google To Expand Misinformation “Prebunking” in Europe
Associated Press | February 13, 2023 | David Klepper

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 pre-bunking, which involves teaching people how to spot false claims before they encounter them. […]

Google’s new campaign in Germany will include a focus on photos and videos, and the ease with which they can be presented [as] evidence of something false. 

Straight Line of the Day: Prebunking! How to spot something false: …

18 Comments

  1. I got punk’d while I was prebunking.
    I heard all of these balloons flying around are loaded with thermonuclear bombs and started sheltering in place…hugging my coffeemaker and cell phone until the all clear signal.

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  3. “-prebunking-how-to-spot-something-false”, if you’re ever talking to my wife and she demonstrates a size with her thumb and pointer finger, but won’t show you a pic, it’s totally false.

  4. Prebunking..the act of falling asleep on the couch at 10:00pm, waking up at midnight, going to bed and telling everyone you didnt get to bed until midnight, please pity me and do more of my work..

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