How 'prebunking' misinformation works

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Sander van der Linden of Cambridge University's Social Decision-Making Lab showed Lesley Stahl videos and video games that teach people how to identify common manipulation tactics and prevent themselves from getting duped.

This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Lesley Stahl reported on the ongoing debate over how social media companies, including Meta, X and Google, moderate harmful content, like false medical information and hate speech, on their platforms.Some critics say these companies are not doing enough to combat the proliferation of this content on their sites. At the same time, some politicians, like Rep.

''By deconstructing it and refuting it in advance, people can actually build up psychological or mental antibodies, so they become more resistant to misinformation in the future,' he told Stahl.

 

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