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Critical thinking education trumps banning and censorship in battle against disinformation, study suggests (www.psypost.org)

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Critical thinking education trumps banning and censorship in battle against disinformation, study suggests::A new study conducted by researchers from Michigan State University suggests that the battle against online disinformation cannot be won by mere content moderation or banning those who spread fake news. Instead, the key lies in early and continuous education that teaches individuals to critically evaluate information and remain open to changing their minds. ...

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[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah though I think filling in timelines of correlated events is also important as are certain time gaps or how short or long something was. Maybe the fact that cowboys and Victorians were Meji era, doesn’t need mentioned, but understanding that they were less than a lifetime away from the era of American piracy does give an understanding of how the colonialism that both were able to achieve with minimal losses using new industrial technology and how that influenced WWI.

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