{"id":29269,"date":"2025-05-19T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=29269"},"modified":"2025-05-08T14:54:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T18:54:33","slug":"new-safe-computing-page-misinformation-how-to-spot-and-stop-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/19\/new-safe-computing-page-misinformation-how-to-spot-and-stop-it\/","title":{"rendered":"New Safe Computing Page – Misinformation: How to Spot and Stop It"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Misinformation has become a global concern, crossing international, political, and cultural boundaries. Stories such as Meta vows to curtail false content, deepfakes ahead of Australia election<\/a> and China to crack down on stock market fake news as AI spurs misinformation, says state media<\/a> from Reuters highlight this trend. The big idea: do we worry too much about misinformation?<\/a> from The Guardian suggests that “Seeing falsehoods everywhere is as damaging as believing too much. Our focus should be on helping people interpret information better.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In our effort to be part of the solution, Safe Computing has added a new page of guidance: Misinformation: How to Spot and Stop It<\/a>. The page provides straightforward techniques for assessing and making decisions about what you see and hear online, as well as links to relevant U-M Library and U-M Center for Social Media Responsibility resources.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll also find links to other organizations committed to fighting misinformation, including games that allow you to test your skills. While you are doing your part to protect U-M’s digital assets, why not contribute to the public good by stopping the spread of inaccurate and even malicious content?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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