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RSS FeedsHow Finland starts its fight against fake news in primary schools
(The Guardian Finland)

 
 

29 january 2020 16:50:02

 
How Finland starts its fight against fake news in primary schools
(The Guardian Finland)
 


Country on frontline of information war teaches everyone from school pupils to politicians how to spot slippery information You can start when children are very young, said Kari Kivinen. In fact, you should: `Fairytales work well. Take the wily fox who always cheats the other animals with his sly words. That´s not a bad metaphor for a certain kind of politician, is it?`With democracies around the world threatened by the seemingly unstoppable onslaught of false information, Finland - recently rated Europe´s most resistant nation to fake news - takes the fight seriously enough to teach it in primary school. Related: Could language be the key to detecting fake news? | David Shariatmadari Even quite young children can grasp this. They love being detectives. Democracy, and the threats to it, start to mean something Related: Food for thought: the school lunch scheme linking London and Liberia Continue reading...


 
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