Post by rubl on Oct 19, 2018 13:51:03 GMT 7
"Dutchman’s shock treatment against fake news
Ruurd Oosterwoud wants to make Europeans aware of disinformation — by teaching them how to do it.
Europe is ramping up its effort to defeat troll armies in a war against fake news.
Not Ruurd Oosterwoud. He’s trying to create them.
Oosterwoud is the founder of DROG, an initiative to boost awareness among Europeans that not everything you read on the web is real.
“If disinformation is rampant, we shouldn’t try to block it,” he said. “We should try to make people aware, one by one, what’s nonsense and what is real,” he told POLITICO on the sidelines of this week’s conference on election hacking at the European Commission."
www.politico.eu/article/ruurd-oosterwoud-bad-news-drog-meet-the-dutchman-who-wants-to-make-us-immune-to-fake-news/
Ruurd Oosterwoud wants to make Europeans aware of disinformation — by teaching them how to do it.
Europe is ramping up its effort to defeat troll armies in a war against fake news.
Not Ruurd Oosterwoud. He’s trying to create them.
Oosterwoud is the founder of DROG, an initiative to boost awareness among Europeans that not everything you read on the web is real.
“If disinformation is rampant, we shouldn’t try to block it,” he said. “We should try to make people aware, one by one, what’s nonsense and what is real,” he told POLITICO on the sidelines of this week’s conference on election hacking at the European Commission."
www.politico.eu/article/ruurd-oosterwoud-bad-news-drog-meet-the-dutchman-who-wants-to-make-us-immune-to-fake-news/
