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Topic

Media & Information
Propaganda & verification
Transparency
Hate speech
Cyber
Personal data & privacy

Content Type

Case Studies
Exercises
Game / Quizzes

Propaganda & verification

Popaganda and Verification guide aims at giving young adults knowledge about the methods and techniques used for creating fake news. The guide will help them develop the skills necessary for verification of fake news, web-pages, photo and video materials, historical facts and establishing facts through geolocation.

case studies


case study 1: creating cloaked websites in order to disseminate fake news

in august 2017 russian tabloids disseminated non-existent "interview" with former chief of the british secret intelligence service john scarlett. disinformation claimed that in his interview with the guardian, john scarlett, former chief of the secret intelligence service (sis, also commonly known as mi6), allegedly disclosed a three-stage strategic plan of the united states and the great britain aimed at russia’s fragmentation.

case study 1: where are pro-russian training bases located?

on 19 may 2014, the bbc released a report about secret training bases in ukraine, near the russian border, where pro-russian military servicemen were trained. the video was filmed in such a way as to make it impossible to locate the camp.

case study 1: falsified photo, deconstruction of facts

on february 7, 2018, an online edition georgia and the world released an article titled “sorry, mustafa,” according to which european women launched a flashmob #sorry to apologize to migrants for their depraved behavior.
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exercises

exercise 1: verifying upload time of youtube video

on august 21, 2013, users uploaded several videos on youtube depicting chemical attack in syria.

exercise 2: verification of video via invid

on may 29, 2018, a ultra-nationalist facebook page iberian union published a video, titled “#occupation”, showing a muslim rally and accompanied with a xenophobic caption. iberian union labels the muslim rally in london a “weaponless occupation” and calls for georgian users of the page to resort to radical actions against foreigners. the video has 15 thousand views and 270 shares, and it was followed by xenophobic and hate speech comments from social network users.

exercise 1: where is the video filmed?

on 5 november 2016, a video was released on youtube, featuring heavy rain and strong wind. according to the description, the video was filmed in childress, texas. our objective is to verify with the help of the screenshot the place where the video was filmed and mark a concrete location on the map.
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games / quizzes

troll island
the game aims to help players spot trolls on facebook.
quack hunter
the game challenges you to distinguish false information from real. you have to catch the duck and read the card.
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