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FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: People pose with laptops in front of projection of Facebook logo in this picture illustration taken in Zenica
Daily News Lesson October 26 2021

Facebook’s leadership had ‘no appetite’ to fact check political ads, combat disinformation
Hear why Facebook employees became concerned about misinformation and the spread of hate on the site
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Daily News Lesson October 12 2021

How Trump's disinformation campaign about 2020 presidential election spreads a dangerous message
Donald Trump in Iowa highlights grievances against Democrats with more lies about the 2020 election that he lost
FILE PHOTO: 2020 U.S. presidential election in Pennsylvania
Daily News Lesson October 08 2021

How false claims of election fraud are eroding American democracy
Hear from one law professor about the risk to our electoral system and how to ensure election security going forward
A child looks at a display of front pages as he visits the Newseum during its last week of operation before closing the museum in Washington
Lesson Plan February 09 2021

Lesson plan: Media literacy — news that's nice to know, news you need to know

Practice media discernment by identifying need-to-know stories vs. want-to-know stories
FILE PHOTO: People get injections of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Wolverhampton
Daily News Lesson January 26 2021

Logistical challenges remain for vaccinations
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Man holds laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture
Lesson Plan November 16 2020

What is the difference between mis- and disinformation?

Learn to define and distinguish misinformation and disinformation
Misinformation Overload SRL
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.
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