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#KeepTheFactsGoing Episode 7: Spotting dodgy websites

Join Africa Check on a fact-checking journey with its #KeepTheFactsGoing series! Each week we’ll show you how to get your facts in order before you share something online - in English and isiZulu.

Episode 7 shows you how to spot false news and dodgy websites. Africa Check knows how easy it is to believe a story merely because it was published on a website. This episode focusses on websites that distribute false news and how they make money off of unsuspecting users.

This content was created by Africa Check, a non-partisan fact-checking organisation. View the original content here.  

 

Also see: 

#KeepTheFactsGoing Episode 6: Verifying fake videos (part 2)

#KeepTheFactsGoing Episode 5: Verifying fake videos (part 1)

#KeepTheFactsGoing Episode 4: How to do a reverse image search

#KeepTheFactsGoing Episode 3: Help break the cycle – verifying evidence

#KeepTheFactsGoing Episode 2: Are you complicit in spreading misinformation?

#KeepTheFactsGoing Episode 1: Five steps to take before forwarding a message What the fact is Africa Check?

 

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