What is misinformation?
There is widespread concern that misinformation is spreading rapidly online and offline and that this might have a damaging effect on democracy and social wellbeing.
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- Good information guides skip to link
- Conspiracy theories: What they are and how to spot them - POST skip to link
- Briefings: Get the facts on disinformation, AI and more skip to link
- Statistical literacy guides skip to link
- How does the Good Information Toolkit help Parliament avoid mis and disinformation? skip to link
Overview
The good information toolkit is the Library and POST’s essential collection of resources to help you avoid disinformation and find reliable sources. Browse our new good information guides, designed to help you feel more confident identifying trustworthy information. Find briefings on AI, conspiracy theories and disinformation, as well as statistical literacy guides to help you understand what stats are really telling us. For those in the parliamentary community, the toolkit includes training sessions, as well as events and talks with in house experts and guest speakers from the academic, public and charity sectors.
Good information guides
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How to verify images and videos
Stopping and asking a few questions about images and videos shared online can help assess whether they are likely to be real, fake, or misleading.
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How to check facts
Fact-checking usually involves following a claim back to its original source to verify it, or comparing it with other sources.
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How to evaluate sources
Methods for evaluating whether a source is likely to be reliable usually look at authority, motivation, accuracy and relevance.
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Working with AI and spotting AI-generated text
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool, but experts recommend "keeping a human in the loop" and carefully checking and verifying AI-generated text.
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How to spot spin and inappropriate use of statistics
How are statistics most commonly spun or used incorrectly and what are some of the best ways to tell when this has happened?
Conspiracy theories: What they are and how to spot them - POST
Conspiracy theories can have social and political consequences, but why do people believe them and what conversational techniques work to address them?
Briefings: Get the facts on disinformation, AI and more
Statistical literacy guides
How does the Good Information Toolkit help Parliament avoid mis and disinformation?
We believe that a thriving democracy is a system based on good information. Our training and events give people in Parliament a chance to get the skills and tools they need.