Fake or Fact?
Fact-checking as a Strategy Against Disinformation
“They're eating the dogs, the people who came in, they're eating the cats, they're eating the pets of the people who live there” – Trump's viral disinformation shows that lies know no bounds. But fake news and AI-generated content have long posed a threat to credibility at the local level as well. How do fact-checks safeguard democratic discourse on the ground? Do local newsrooms need to verify information themselves or bring in external expertise? And how do corrections even reach their audience amid the flood of information? We discuss strategies for an informed public.
An event organized by the parliamentary group Alliance 90/The Greens
An event organized by the parliamentary group Alliance 90/The Greens
