Encouraging responsibility to prevent disinformation

Citizens should be encouraged to do what they can to prevent disinformation. For example:

• Staying mindful of the sources of online information
• Pausing to consider the context, bias or the satirical nature of a story before sharing
• Checking the publication date
• Disinformation is effective when repeated often, so try to remain critical of outlandish content that you encounter repeatedly.
• Be aware of cheapfake videos as they create manipulations by conventional editing techniques.
• Reverse image searches can also reveal suspicious sources for specific images.