Evaluating Photos & Videos: Crash Course Navigating Digital Information #7

With the amount of fake and doctored photos and videos out there, how can we know what to trust? Most of us are used to thinking that “seeing is believing” but as technology makes it easier and easier to spread unreliable content online it’s more important than ever for us to read laterally, check for context, and always fact-check suspicious content – even if it looks real.

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