#FakeTok: How to spot misinformation on TikTok
Teenagers use TikTok frequently but can’t discern fake news from fact. Here are four steps to boost their critical thinking skills.
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Teenagers use TikTok frequently but can’t discern fake news from fact. Here are four steps to boost their critical thinking skills.
New legal standards and systems-level, risk-based governance of youth use of social media are essential for safety and are business opportunities too.
We are living through an information revolution. The traditional gatekeepers of knowledge — librarians, journalists and government officials — have largely been replaced by technological gatekeepers — search engines, artificial intelligence chatbots and social media feeds. Whatever their flaws, the old gatekeepers were, at least on paper, beholden to the public. The new gatekeepers are fundamentally beholden only to profit and to their shareholders. That is about to change, thanks to a bold experiment by the European Union.
We are living through an information revolution. The traditional gatekeepers of knowledge - librarians, journalists and government officials - have largely been replaced by technological gatekeepers - search engines, artificial intelligence chatbots and social media feeds.
Why the European Union's ambitious new rules should be tweaked to allow journalists to access big tech data.