This Clever Game 'Microdoses' People With The Manipulation Used to Spread Fake Facts CLARE WATSON 22 MAY 2021 An online game developed by a team of social psychologists could be a useful tool in the fight against misinformation, helping internet users spot misinformation and call it out for what it is: manipulative.
Misinformation – often spread by automated bots, but also unsuspecting people – worms its way into our heads by appealing to a sense of injustice or distrust and by using emotionally charged language to stoke fear and anger among social media users. But just like a vaccine stimulates an immune response to protect against disease, this new game – called