SSRC Media Well
Disinformation, misinformation, and “fake news” are longstanding phenomena that, in the wake of the digital revolution, have become newly politicized and consequential. SSRC's research on the topic.
Brooklyn, NY
http://factitious.augamestudio.com/#/
Facticious
News game based on sorting fake and real news
Active
Since 2017
"Some of the articles are political while others or not. The game allows users to play on different difficulty levels in judging for themselves whether the information is accurate or not." - Counteringdisinformation.org
Evidence of this project's impact
Over 1.3M plays (Source) — 2019-7
Resources
- Project type
- Game
- Founded
- 2017
- Language(s)
- English
- Tech stack
- BuiltWith report →
- Categories
- Fight disinformation, Games and gamification, Media, The Tech
- Added
- 2022-05-31
- Last modified
- 2026-07-12T16:44:24.000Z
Additional details
- Number of integrations
- 0
- Metrics of success
- Over 1.3M plays
- Geographic focus
- Global
- Source
- [Database of Informational Interventions](https://counteringdisinformation.org/interventions)
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