The US is trying to teach Kenyans how to fight “fake news”

The US is trying to teach Kenyans how to fight “fake news”

6 years ago
Anonymous $CLwNLde341

https://qz.com/1257340/trump-admin-fighting-fake-news-in-kenya-with-stopreflectverify-campaign/

It’s a quiz consisting of 16 questions, querying takers on how to spot fake news or identify unreliable partisan clickbait. Did a Kenyan man drive a tanker to create an artificial watering hole for wild animals? Did another in Kenya’s Rift Valley region pay dowry with bitcoin instead of cash and cows? Or did an elephant steal $400,000 from a Nigerian bank?

All, you guessed—or not— are true stories, except for the large mammal leading a bank heist.

The US is trying to teach Kenyans how to fight “fake news”

Apr 21, 2018, 6:12am UTC
https://qz.com/1257340/trump-admin-fighting-fake-news-in-kenya-with-stopreflectverify-campaign/ >It’s a quiz consisting of 16 questions, querying takers on how to spot fake news or identify unreliable partisan clickbait. Did a Kenyan man drive a tanker to create an artificial watering hole for wild animals? Did another in Kenya’s Rift Valley region pay dowry with bitcoin instead of cash and cows? Or did an elephant steal $400,000 from a Nigerian bank? >All, you guessed—or not— are true stories, except for the large mammal leading a bank heist.