DIGITAL SUPERHEROES ARE SUPER DETECTIVES!
Your Mission: I can detect if online information is real or fake.
WATCH THIS!
THINK ABOUT THIS!
Was what you saw in the video real or fake? How did you know? What clues did you find to decide?
Is everything we see online real?
What clues can we be looking for to know if information is real or fake?
KNOW THIS!
We can be looking for clues to know if information is real or fake. Search for these 4 Ws:
Who: Who wrote this information? Are they experts?
What: What is the purpose of this website? Are there facts that you can check? Is the website trying to make you feel a certain way?
Where: Can you trust the organization? Check the website address .com .net and .org websites can be created and owned by anyone.
When: When was the website created? Is it recent? When was the last update?
Not real information can spread very easily on the internet. People who are spreading this information might not know that it is incorrect.
The best information has been written by experts, is created to help you and is kept up to date.
When you are online, be a super detective and always be asking yourself if what you see or read is real or fake!
