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No, you're not that good at detecting fake videos − 2 misinformation experts explain why and how you can develop the power to resist these deceptions

  • Written by Sam Wineburg, Professor of Education and (by courtesy) History, Stanford University
No, you're not that good at detecting fake videos − 2 misinformation experts explain why and how you can develop the power to resist these deceptionsAre you sure you know what that emotionally jarring video clip really shows?F.J. Jimenez/Moment via Getty Images

Someone tracking the conflict raging in the Middle East could have seen the following two videos on social media. The first shows a little boy hovering over his father’s dead body, whimpering in Arabic, “Don’t leave...

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