{"id":1672,"date":"2022-02-16T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T14:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johannessiebert.com\/?p=1672"},"modified":"2023-01-25T15:12:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T15:12:52","slug":"minimizing-the-impact-of-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johannessiebert.com\/?p=1672&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Fact checks can only be a first step"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fake news: a globalphenomenon with a negative impact on opinions. Professor Johannes Siebert from MCI and Dr. Jana Siebert from Palacky University Olomouc are fighting against this with their project &#8220;PerFake&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Misinformation has always been a part of our society,&#8221; says Johannes Siebert. With the Brexit referendum and the 2016 U.S. presidential election, fake news &#8211; &#8220;misinformation deliberately spread to manipulate opinions,&#8221; the professor says &#8211; has become a global phenomenon. Ubiquitous. The spread of false facts has been aided in recent years by digital social networks, he said. In particular, by the fact that more and more people living in their Facebook bubble unthinkingly refer to it as a source for news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find the full interview here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unipress.at\/wissenschaft\/faktenchecks-koennen-nur-ein-erster-schritt-sein\/\">https:\/\/www.unipress.at\/wissenschaft\/faktenchecks-koennen-nur-ein-erster-schritt-sein\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fake news: a globalphenomenon with a negative impact on opinions. Professor Johannes Siebert from MCI and Dr. Jana Siebert from Palacky University Olomouc are fighting against this with their project &#8220;PerFake&#8221;. &#8220;Misinformation has always been a part of our society,&#8221; says Johannes Siebert. 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