Disinformation on the Internet

Hermann Huemer

On June 22, 2017, the founder and CEO of snopes.com, David Mikkelson, visited the “Amerika Haus Wien” (at the invitation of the Embassy of the USA). Under the title “Disinformation on the internet”, he talked about the development of his fact check site, which he had begun in 1994 as a hobby. Since then, snopes.com has risen to become one of the most respected fact-checkers. If you are in doubt about a news article, you can check it out at snopes.com.

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