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Daily Video May 28 2020

Social media's role in monitoring misinformation

In this NewsHour EXTRA lesson, learn about Twitter's new initiative to fact check the tweets of influential figures such as President Trump and how it has stirred debate over the role of social media platforms as content moderators.

Lesson Plan May 30 2019

Lesson plan: How teens deal with the spread of misinformation

Find out what young people really think about the news and the spread of misinformation using a variety of short videos produced by PBS NewsHour's Student Reporting Labs.

Lesson Plan October 27 2017

Lesson plan: Bot or not? How fake social media accounts could influence voting

Learn about fake social media accounts called ‘bots’ that have been used to try to influence public opinion—and not always for the better

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Illustrations by Annamaria Ward

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