More and more people get their news online. This can be a force for good, letting people find out about things happening elsewhere in the world. But it can be tricky to tell whether something is trustworthy. And believing something false – or not believing something true – can have disastrous consequences. So how can we make sure what we read is reliable? Join us for this one hour webinar on how to tell fact from fiction, how to check if a website is reliable, and some common tricks that people use to make claims seem more believable than they actually are.
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