Misinformation and Fake News quiz
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Whose deepfake told Ukrainian troops to surrender in March 2022?
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Which factor separates disinformation from misinformation?
Answer: Intent
Why: A third term, malinformation, covers true information shared to cause harm, such as leaked private details.
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What did the 1934 'Surgeon's Photograph' of Nessie really show?
Answer: A toy submarine
Why: The toy submarine came from Woolworths, and the monster's head and neck were made of wood putty.
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How much likelier was false news to be retweeted in MIT's 2018 study?
Answer: 70%
Why: Bots spread true and false news at the same rate, so people, not bots, gave falsehood its edge.
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Whose fake diaries did Stern magazine publish in 1983?
Answer: Adolf Hitler
Why: Stern paid 9.3 million Deutsche Marks for the forged diaries.
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Which fact-checking site began in 1994 as a guide to urban legends?
Answer: Snopes
Why: Snopes takes its name from a family of unpleasant characters in William Faulkner's novels.
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How do fact-checkers judge an unfamiliar website?
Answer: Lateral reading
Why: In a Stanford study, fact-checkers who read laterally beat PhD historians and students at judging websites.
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