The ease of copying, pasting, clicking and sharing content on the Internet has contributed to the proliferation of fake news. A story illustrates who is behind it and why.

Fake news is false or highly distorted information that aims to manipulate and mislead us. In this chapter, seven different types of fake news are presented.

This course chapter shows how dangerous it can be to believe fake news without verifying its truthfulness.

How well are you able to recognize fake news? In this interactive part of the course, learners are asked for their assessment of various news items.

It is often difficult to determine which websites are trustworthy. The five-step information verification process provides a reliable method for detecting fake news.

The final part provides a summary of the main course content, which can then also be downloaded as a PDF.