NHK Documentaries
Digital vs. Real: Infodemic - The Onslaught of Fake News
TV-G
S22 • E39 Dec 27, 2020 50mHow do you know if what you're reading is true or just a carefully crafted lie? Increasingly, social media exposes us to a flood of information, much of which aims to persuade us to believe things that are false. It can even encourage acts of violence. Fake images are being used in applications ranging from politics to pornography. And they're threatening our ability to tell fact from fiction. How can we stem the tide of bogus information? Or is it already too late?