Poster for tomorrow

Posted by Hervé Matine
on April 16th, 2021

100 posters fighting fake news

100 posters fighting fake news
The best 100 posters from last year’s competition ‘Fake News /2020 vision’ will be published online this Friday,the 16thof April, at 4pm.
We hope to mount physical exhibitions around the world as soon as is possible.
Until then, we invite you to view the designers’ skills here. Bravo!
Enjoy the clip and the original soundtrack composed by Habib Meftah, made for the occasion. !
* see the gallery on poster for tomorrow’s website

FAKE NEWS!

Fake news might feel like a recent development that has only come to prominence since the election of one politician who shall not be named, but the practice of spreading rumours and misinformation is as old as the printed word.

People have always twisted the truth, or simply told lies, to get what they want (or change the world). But now we have the ability to share information faster and wider than ever before. It used to be only a few media outlets or government sources that could shape public thought, but now everyone can.

And unlike the media or government, none of us are held accountable for what we post. As there are few laws or fines that can be thrown at us for posting lies, there is no incentive to act responsibly in the public sphere. Get likes (or votes) first, worry about potential consequences later. If the self-styled leader of the free world can’t be held to account for regularly tweeting and spreading blatant untruths, then what stops everybody else from doing the same?