Posted on 02/12/2023 10:34:35 PM PST by Olog-hai
After seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, Google will initiate a new campaign in Germany that aims to make people more resilient to the corrosive effects of online misinformation.
The tech giant plans to release a series of short videos highlighting the techniques common to many misleading claims. The videos will appear as advertisements on platforms like Facebook, YouTube or TikTok in Germany. A similar campaign in India is also in the works.
It’s an approach called pre-bunking, which involves teaching people how to spot false claims before they encounter them. The strategy is gaining support among researchers and tech companies. […]
Google’s new campaign in Germany will include a focus on photos and videos, and the ease with which they can be presented of evidence of something false. One example: Last week, following the earthquake in Turkey, some social media users shared video of the massive explosion in Beirut in 2020, claiming it was actually footage of a nuclear explosion triggered by the earthquake. It was not the first time the 2020 explosion had been the subject of misinformation. …
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
Uhm Google, just stick to being a tech platform for content. Stop trying to produce content...nobody cares what your take is.
Basically, this agenda will create waves of skeptics to all messages, news bits, and gov’t promises.
Germany.
Figures.
“Goolag: Be Evil!”
Jerry: I thought the whole dream of dating a doctor was debunked.
Elaine: No, it’s not debunked, it’s totally bunk.
Jerry: Isn’t bunk bad? Like, that’s a lot of bunk.
George: No something is bunk and then you debunk it.
Jerry: What?
Elaine: Huh?
George: I think. (Pause as they all look down)
Google: First in Lies.
I’m old enough to remember when Google was a search engine.
highlighting the techniques common to many misleading claims.
So you can recognize them when you see them on Google...
Are not you snooze doing this all really in biden land?
I seen a screw lookik cartune ad educatshuning bout miss infomation An the ad looked so stupid inclned that i fears it may have infected me.
"Only believe what we, the government tell you to believe."
It’s an approach called pre-bunking
Used to just be called propaganda.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.