AFP story shows how satire can cross into misinformation

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Satirical posts online can spread out of context and fool people into thinking the joking claims are real, the News Literacy Project told the AFP for a recent story that examined this trend being used to spread election misinformation. Says NLP’s Hannah Covington, Senior Director of Education Content: “People who aren’t in on the joke take it at face value.”

The News Literacy Project has been tracking election-related rumors and the tactics being used to spread falsehoods in its Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024.

 Read the AFP article on Yahoo News here. Read more about the misinformation trends NLP is tracking here.

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