Hespresso - Fake news

Institute of Information Systems HES-SO Valais

About this app

Raising awareness of fake news is a major issue. Like a toolbox, it offers us a practical and concrete way to better detect questionable information. Here is a small selection of tools to keep in mind when you start reading a new article.
We are not going to beat around the bush. Identifying fake news can be very difficult. There are no "turnkey" methods that can ensure 100% that the text we are reading is infox, that is to say, false information, or deliberately biased. , or truthful and verifiable information. On the other hand, it is possible to practice developing a critical mind when faced with a press article, a blog post or simple texts shared on social networks.
To achieve this, it is necessary to have the right tools. That is, learning to detect the elements that, in a text, should alert us. Sometimes this is real investigative work, but it is necessary to truly understand the world around us.