Welcome
Being lied to is one of the worst feelings – especially if it’s done by an unaccountable malign entity on the internet (An unchecked harmful force).
This is why the TruthGuard team prepared a tool that will help you detect disinformation and fake news and protect yourself from malicious actors on the internet.
Take the TruthGuard quiz and see how good you are at recognizing fake and misleading content online.
It only takes 10 minutes. You’ll get tips and tricks along the way and after you’re done you can see how well you did compared to other people who had completed the quiz.
Are you up for the task?
Welcome
Being lied to is one of the worst feelings – especially if it’s done by an unaccountable malign entity on the internet (An unchecked harmful force).
This is why the TruthGuard team prepared a tool that will help you detect disinformation and fake news and protect yourself from malicious actors on the internet.
Take the TruthGuard quiz and see how good you are at recognizing fake and misleading content online.
It only takes 10 minutes. You’ll get tips and tricks along the way and after you’re done you can see how well you did compared to other people who had completed the quiz.
Are you up for the task?
TruthGuard is an international project created by political, media and cybersecurity experts from Albania, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. We hold the project to the highest standards of credibility, objectivity and impartiality.
The project is sponsored by U.S. State Department, under the AEIF programme.
DISINFORMATION AND FAKE NEWS
False and misleading content online is a significant risk to the well-being of people and society. According to OECD, there are 5 main types of fake and misleading content:
Disinformation: Disinformation refers to verifiably false or misleading information that is knowingly and intentionally created and shared for economic gain or to deliberately deceive, manipulate or inflict harm on a person, social group, organisation or country. Fake news, syn
thetic media, including deepfakes, and hoaxes are forms of disinformation, among others.
Misinformation: Misinformation refers to false or misleading information that is shared
unknowingly and is not intended to deliberately deceive, manipulate or inflict harm on a person, social group, organisation or country. Importantly, the spreader does not create or fabricate the initial misinformation content.
Propaganda: Refers to the activity or content adopted and propagated by governments, private firms, non-profits and individuals to manage collective attitudes, values, narratives and opinions. While propaganda can contain both true and untrue elements, it is often used to appeal to an individual’s or social group’s sentiments and emotions rather than being informative.
Satire: Satire is defined as language, film or other works of art that use humour and exaggeration to critique people or ideas, often as a form of social or political commentary. Satire is an important form of social and political criticism, using humour and wit to draw attention to issues in society, and when satire is first published, the viewer often recognises the content as satire in part because of where and how they view it (e.g., directly from a satirical newspaper).
Contextual Deception: Contextual deception refers to the use of true but not necessarily related information to frame an event, issue or individual (e.g., a headline that does not match the corresponding article), or the misrepresentation of facts to support one’s narrative (e.g., to deliberately delete information that is essential context to understanding the original meaning).
Here are some other useful links you can use to find more information and tools:
OECD: https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/disinformation-and-misinformation.html
EUvs Disinfo: https://euvsdisinfo.eu/about/
Disinfo: https://www.disinfo.eu/
First Draft News: https://firstdraftnews.org