YALIChecks

YALIChecks 2022

Disinformation is false information deliberately spread by bad actors. When false information spreads and takes hold in our communities, the consequences can range from threatening our physical health, to curtailing the civil liberties of targeted groups, and even violence. Join YALIChecks today to stop disinformation and commit to only sharing factual information with others and helping to prevent the spread of harmful disinformation. Watch this page for resources to understand the difference between disinformation and misinformation, test your knowledge about disinformation tactics, and ways to educate others about the characteristics of disinformation.

Teach others how to counter disinformation

Use the YALIChecks Facilitation Guide to teach others within your community how to counter disinformation.

Download the facilitation guide

Baixe o guia de facilitação

Telecharger la guide

Spot the signs of Disinformation

Use this helpful infographic to spot the signs of disinformation. For the detailed list, download the graphic here.

Download the infographic

Baixe o infográfico

Telecharger le infographic

Put Your Knowledge Into Practice

Use the YALIChecks toolkit to put what you’ve learned thus far into practice by reading more about disinformation, understanding the differences between misinformation and disinformation, and taking the exercises.

Download the toolkit

Understanding and Countering Disinformation

An examination of how disinformation is used to manipulate populations in adverse ways, to attack basic freedoms and human rights, and to limit the ability of citizens to engage in legitimate discourse with each other and their governments by creating fear and distrust.

Take the Course

Suivre le cours

Fazer o curso

Test your Knowledge

Test your knowledge about disinformation by taking this short quiz!

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Play the Game

Harmony Square is a game about fake news. The game’s setting is the idyllic Harmony Square, a small neighborhood mildly obsessed with democracy. You, the player, are hired as Chief Disinformation Officer. Over the course of 4 short levels, your job is to disturb the square’s peace and quiet by fomenting internal divisions and pitting its residents against each other.

Play the Game

Jouer le jeu

Jogue o jogo

Understand the Difference

Misinformation vs Disinformation vs Malinformation

Understand the ways that misinformation, disinformation and malinformation intersect.

We're in this together

Use this helpful infographic from CISA to counter disinformation in your community.

Refresh Your Knowledge

Refresh your knowledge about misinformation and media literacy by downloading the resources below.

Download the workbook: English, French, Portuguese
Use the ‘Stop.Reflect.Verify’ Facilitation Guide: English, French, Portuguese
Access Virtual YALILearns Resources

Stop. Reflect. Verify.

These three fact-based vignettes shine a light on how “fake news” and misinformation are impacting media and society, particularly in this era of expanding media platforms and unlimited access. Watch these short videos to learn how you can be a smart consumer of news and information.

Stop Reflect Verify

Stop

A brief overview of the expanded media landscape, detailing the multiple creators and unregulated distribution channels available today, and why it’s important to stop before sharing information.

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Reflect

It’s important to pause and reflect on the information you’re consuming. This vignette looks at examples of information that appears “real” but isn’t, and the consequences associated with spreading it without thinking

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Verify

A look at how to spot “fake news” and misinformation whether it’s from traditional media, social media, or your friends, and knowing what questions to ask about information to verify it.