Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
Lying to serve a political goal is nothing new, and there are traces of it from antiquity onward. But the Internet and social media changed the game: false information no longer flows only from a state down to its people, it now spreads sideways, from citizen to citizen.
That shift created a world where truth can look optional next to virality. Understanding how disinformation spreads, and who profits from it, has become essential to keeping trust between citizens.
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- 2Why a lie travels faster than the truth
- 3An industry of lies, between states and profit
- 4How to tell the true from the false
- 5Rebuilding trust in a world of images
Open-book quiz9 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary12 terms explained in a tap.
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