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Emilie Pardoën

Canada

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My poster denounces the danger of “Fake news”. The goal is to make people aware of the truth, so that they can protect themselves from this toxic misinformation, which leads to a lot of information. Which causes people to believe everything they see, and get lost in all this flow of information. To illustrate my idea, I have represented a gas mask which serves to protect against invasion and the effects of "fake news". In the background is poisonous green smoke representing false information that we must protect ourselves from. To represent the danger, there is the amplification of the repetition of the words "fake news".
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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?

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