How Finnish youth learn to spot disinformation

How Finnish youth learn to spot disinformation
Students attend a media literacy class at the Hiidenkiven Koulu school in Helsinki. (Image: AFP)
Agence France-Presse
By Anna KorkmanFinland is consistently ranked as Europe's most media-literate country and the skills needed to spot online hoaxes are on the school curriculum, amid a boom of mis- and disinformation campaigns."Who knew what a troll was before?" literature and Finnish language teacher Saara Varmola asked her 14- to 15-year-old Helsinki students, who all promptly raised their hands."Who produced the material that you watch, what do you produce yourself and whether you have an ethical responsibility," Varmola tells AFP, as...

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