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11 Oct 2020: A new online game that puts players in the shoes of a purveyor of fake pandemic news is the latest tactic in efforts to tackle the deluge of coronavirus misinformation that ... Our pre-bunk game not only improved people’s ability to spot fake news but

6 Nov 2020: Twitter has started using a “pre-bunk” approach: highlighting types of fake news likely to be encountered in feeds during the US election. ... The game also reduced willingness to share fake news with others by 11%.

17 Dec 2020: From fake news to chaos! How bad are you? Take part in this online game where you play the role of propaganda producers to help you identify real world disinformation and ... increase your “psychological resistance” to fake news.

17 Jan 2020: Bad News Game wins the Brouwer Prize. 17th January 2020. News and Events, People,. ... The hope with the game is that is acts like a ‘vaccine’, increasing scepticism of fake news by giving people a ‘weak dose’ of the methods behind disinformation.

19 Nov 2020: 12 Ad HocSearch for a vaccine (against fake news too), the £10m challenge, looking beyond the pandemic, and more. ... CO. VID. -19. A new online game that puts players in the shoes of a purveyor of fake pandemic news is the latest tactic in efforts to

14 May 2020: It helps inoculate players against fake news and misinformation, including fake news about COVID-19. ... By actively exposing people to severely weakened doses of the tactics used to produce fake news, people gain psychological immunity (or mental

19 Oct 2020: Churchill Fellows Dr Jon Roozenbeek and Dr Sander van der Linden are behind a new online game that puts players in the shoes of a purveyor of fake pandemic news. ... They also co-authored a study which shows that poor numerical literacy is linked to

14 Oct 2020: The research reveals 'key predictors' for susceptibility to fake pandemic news, and finds that a small increase in the perceived reliability of conspiracies relates to a larger drop in the intention ... that helps 'inoculate' players against fake news by

23 Nov 2020: 12 Ad HocSearch for a vaccine (against fake news too), the £10m challenge, looking beyond the pandemic, and more. ... CO. VID. -19. A new online game that puts players in the shoes of a purveyor of fake pandemic news is the latest tactic in efforts to