Play ‘fake news tycoon’ to combat misinformation


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 20 Feb 2018

Researchers at Cambridge University have teamed up with a Dutch media collective to develop an English version of the game aimed at inoculating people against the spread of so-called fake news. © Fake News Game

Trolling, impersonating, demonising: these are just some of the behaviours encouraged in a new online game launching Feb 20 in which young players become "fake news tycoons" – to counter growing misinformation. 

Researchers at Cambridge University have teamed up with a Dutch media collective to develop an English version of the game aimed at inoculating people against the spread of so-called fake news. 

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