Factchecking in an age of misinformation: how can you tell the real from the fake online?

2025-02-21 4,731

How do we, as busy internet users, safeguard ourselves from the deluge of misleading, manipulative and just plain wrong information online? Especially now, with more and more Australians getting their news and information from social media, and in the wake of Meta, announcing it will no longer support third-party independent fact-checkers across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.