How a video game is fighting Covid fake news - People Fixing the World, BBC World Service

Описание: Could a video game where you pretend to spread Covid misinformation actually make you less susceptible to real-life fake news?

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Fake news, conspiracy theories and misinformation about health can stop people getting vaccinated, which in turn could cause diseases to spread and ultimately result in people dying.

So, a team based at Cambridge University in the UK have developed a video game which teaches the player to spread disinformation. It puts players in the position of an online influencer trying to spread fake news, go viral and gain credibility. The idea is that by exposing people to the techniques used to make the fake news believable, they should be less inclined to believe it in the real world.

People Fixing the World spoke to Sander van der Linden, a psychology professor at the University of Cambridge, who developed the game.

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