Valentyna Aksonova’s Post

What we share online can have consequences in the real world. Spreading misinformation can result in people being left uninformed, unprotected and can put lives at risk during a crisis. Pledge to pause and verify facts before sharing.

When people are uninformed or unprotected, they are more likely to make decisions that put themselves and others at risk. One example is the spread of misinformation about COVID-19. False and misleading information about the virus, vaccines, and treatments has led to people making poor health decisions, such as refusing to get vaccinated or seeking out unproven treatments. This has contributed to the spread of the virus and the loss of life. Another example is the spread of misinformation about elections. False claims about voter fraud and rigged elections have led to a loss of trust in democracy and have even incited violence. It is important to pause and verify facts before sharing anything online, especially during a crisis. There are a number of ways to do this, such as checking the source of the information, looking for corroborating evidence from other sources, and being wary of headlines that seem too good to be true. United Nations UNDP

What we share online can have consequences in the real world. Spreading misinformation can result in people being left uninformed, unprotected and can put lives at risk during a crisis. Pledge to pause and verify facts before sharing.

What we share online can have consequences in the real world. Spreading misinformation can result in people being left uninformed and unprotected & can put lives at risk during a crisis. Pledge to pause and verify facts before sharing.

What we share online can have consequences in the real world. Spreading misinformation can result in people being left uninformed, unprotected & can put lives at risk. Pause and verify facts before sharing content online.

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What we share online can have consequences in the real world. Spreading misinformation can result in people being left uninformed, unprotected & can put lives at risk. Pause and verify facts before sharing content online.

What we share online can have consequences in the real world. Spreading misinformation can result in people being left uninformed, unprotected & can put lives at risk. Pause and verify facts before sharing content online.

Worth considering what Miranda Fricker wrote in 'Epistemic Injustice'? 'The explanation of why we have the concept of knowledge is that it arises from our fundamental need to distinguish good informants: originally, knowledge is what good informants can be relied on to share with us. There are three different components of the good informant: someone who is (1) likely enough in the context to be right about what you want to know, (2) is communicatively open (principally sincere) in what he tells you and (3) bears indicator properties so that you can recognise that the first two components are satisfied. This third condition, the bearing of indicator properties, is what leads an inquirer (hearer) to identify this or that person as a good informant in the first place.' I've written about poor identification of indicator properties and epistemic injustice related to uncorrected prejudices recently on LinkedIn...