Did You FOVO That?
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- Slide: 1
- Did you see this Twitter X post?
- No. What does it say?
- A boy is sitting on a bed next to a computer screen displaying a Twitter X post. A girl is standing to the left of the boy next to the bed.
- Slide: 2
- A male boxer competed in the female division at the Olympics.
- Are you sure? Did you FOVO it?
- The boy asks the girl if she has read the Twitter X post about an Olympic boxer accused of being male in a female event. The girl is skeptical about the post's validity.
- Slide: 3
- FOVO?What's that?
- Fact check.Original source.Verify source.Other sources.To see if it is true.
- The boy asks the girl what FOVO is. She replies that it is an acronym for remembering how to check the validity or truthfulness of online information.
- Slide: 4
- Use Snopes.com or another fact checker website.
- The boy and girl are standing on the left next to a computer screen. The girl suggests using a fact checker website.
- Slide: 5
- FAKE
- Snopes.com says that the boxer is not trans or male, but female.
- Using the fact checker website, they determine that the Twitter X post about the boxer contains false information.
- Slide: 6
- Twitter Username Verified Checkmark
- Find the original source.It is the Daily Mail Online.The checkmark verifies the user, but not the content.So, we need to dig further.
- The girl is standing on the right next to an enlarged screenshot of the Twitter X post. Using the Twitter X username, she finds that the original source of the post is the Daily Mail Online.
- Slide: 7
- Check Google or Wikipedia.Is the source real?Does it have a history of false reporting or fake news?
- The boy is standing on the left and the girl on the right. The boy asks how to verify the original source. The girl suggests using Google or Wikipedia to check the history of the source.
- Slide: 8
- Wikipedia references a CNBC article where the Daily Mail is labelled as an untrustworthy source.And, CNBC is a trusted source with reliable journalism.
- The girl is standing on the right next to an enlarged screenshot of an article written by CNBC about the Daily Mail. The article indicates that the Daily Mail is an unreliable source.
- Slide: 9
- It doesn't look good!But, we still have a few things we can check.
- The boy is standing on the left and the girl on the right. The boy says that the Twitter X post is fake. The girl suggests checking other sources to confirm that it is fake.
- Slide: 10
- Finally, we can check the other sources.Do the hyperlinks connect to trusted sources? Are the references valid?
- The boy and the girl are standing on the right next to a screenshot of an article on the Daily Mail website about the Olympic boxer. The girl suggests checking the article's hyperlinks and references.
- Slide: 11
- Wow! The Daily Mail article does not have anyhyperlinks, sources for quotes or data, or a reference list!
- The boy and girl are standing on the right next to a screenshot of an article on the Daily Mail website about the Olympic boxer. The boy says that the article does not have any hyperlinks, sources, or references to check the validity of the information.
- Slide: 12
- It is a fake post and a fake news article!
- Yes, it is.Don't believe everything you read, and always FOVO online content!
- The boy is sitting on a bed next to a computer screen. The girl is standing on the left. They determine that the Twitter X post is fake news.
- Slide: 0
- How do we verify the original source?
- Wow.It looks like this is fake news.
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