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See how well you can spot fake news!
Want to test your fake news identifying skills? Check out Factitious, an online game that challenges you to correctly identify real and fake articles sourced from around the web. In 2020, Factitious creators released a pandemic edition of the game to address the explosion of deceptively fake articles about the COVID-19 pandemic.
To learn more about Factitious - Pandemic Edition, read creator Bob Hone's medium.com article: Factitious News Game Helps Students Spot Pandemic Misinformation
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