• Is There Anything we can do When the Government Uses Facebook as a Weapon?

    Is There Anything we can do When the Government Uses Facebook as a Weapon?

    Fake news is a huge problem around the world.  We tend to think of it affecting only the United States, but that’s not exactly the case.  Why might this be?  In some countries – like the Philippines, the number of smartphones is greater than the number of people.  Not only that, but 97% of Filipinos…

  • Kids in the UK Are Learning About Fake News in School

    Kids in the UK Are Learning About Fake News in School

    When you open up a news feed or even a media outlet, it’s hard to know what’s real and what’s fake these days. This isn’t to say that in all cases it’s being done maliciously, but it’s extremely difficult to sort through the fake news in order to find the truth.  They say the truth…

  • Do Teenagers Care About Fake News?  Or Current Events in General?

    Do Teenagers Care About Fake News? Or Current Events in General?

    On a recent episode of Too Embarrassed to Ask, the topic of fake news came up and because they were talking to a teenager, they got his opinion on it.  Louie Swisher is a high schooler and he admitted to not paying attention to the news during the 2016 election.  What’s interesting is that he…