MisinfoDay @ DMU

AI-enabled learning algorithms are now able to easily and quickly generate synthetic “photographs” of people. Your task is to guess which one is real! Created by the University of Washington’s Calling Bullshit project, the game aims to raise awareness around the ease at which facial identities can be faked, manufactured, and disseminated digitally.

Take this interactive quiz, developed by the UW’s CIP and Microsoft’s Defending Democracy Program in conjunction with USA TODAY and Sensity, to learn more about deepfakes and other examples of synthetic media and test your abilities to spot deepfake images

In Bad News, you take on the role of fake news-monger. Drop all pretense of ethics and choose a path that builds your persona as an unscrupulous media magnate. But keep an eye on your ‘followers’ and ‘credibility’ meters. Your task is to get as many followers as you can while slowly building up fake credibility as a news site. But watch out: you lose if you tell obvious lies or disappoint your supporters!

Take on the role of spreading disinformation about Covid-19 in this 5 minute game developed by Cambridge University's Social Decision-Making Lab.

Scientists who worked with Cambridge University on the development of GO VIRAL! found that playing the game significantly improves people’s ability to spot misinformation about COVID-19. Their study was published in the journal Big Data & Society. Read the article here.

News Lit Quiz
Avoid the trap of conspiratorial thinking
Conspiracy theories appeal to our psychological need for a simple explanation and someone to blame.

Deepfakes quiz from Northwestern University