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Fake News
Have you read fake news on social
media?
What was it about?
What kind of subjects do you read
more fake news about?
What social media is more likely to
spread fake news?
What social media do you have an
account on?
Do you use social media to read
news, or do you prefer to read them
in newspapers online? Why?
Do fake news spread faster than real
news? Why?
Why do people believe in fake
news?
Are people more likely to believe in
fake news that say what they want
to hear? Explain.
Do you think most people who
spread fake news do it in good
faith? Explain.
Have you heard of bots or robots
that spread fake news on social
media?
Have you ever realized the person
you were talking to in social media
was in fact a robot?
Do you report or ignore fake news?
What do you think we should do
when we read fake news?
How do you know it’s fake?
Do you check it before sharing?
How do you check to avoid
spreading fake news?
Are you concerned about fake
news?
What harm may fake news cause?
How can we get rid of them?
Are there laws in your country to
punish who spreads fake news?
How are they detected and
punished?
Is your government engaged in
banning fake news from the
internet?
How do they do that?
What kind of measures should be
taken against who spreads fake
news?
Can you tell us about fake news that
has spread quickly in your country?
How did people realize it was fake?
What do you think of candidates
who pay robots to spread fake news
before elections?
What measures should be taken to
avoid it?
If a candidate is responsible for
spreading fake news before
elections, how should he/she be
punished?
Has a candidate ever been punished
because of that in your country? If
so, tell us what happened.
If you were a candidate and your
opponent started spreading fake
news right before elections, what
would you do?
Should a person be allowed to
spread fake news as exerting his/her
right to freedom of expression?
Explain.
Is spreading fake news to be
classified under the right to freedom
of speech? Why?
If a person is banned from social
media for spreading fake news, is it
to be seen as an infringement to
his/her right to freedom of speech?
Explain.
If society accepts fake news as
freedom of expression, is it fair?
Why?
When people post fake news, do
they expect everyone will believe it,
or do they know it will be
uncovered eventually?
Have you heard about groups in
Telegram and WhatsApp that spread
fake news massively?
Should the app be banned because of
those groups? Why?
Has an app ever been banned or
blocked in your country for that
reason? Tell us what happened.
Should governments and police have
access to messages sent in those
groups? Why?
Have you heard about a group in
Telegram or WhatsApp being blocked
because of its messages? Tell us about
it.