This addictive online game lets you build your own fake news empire

Get the Full StoryFAKE NEWS. We've heard that phrase so much across the internet over the past year that it's almost become meaningless.

But how do you actually determine the difference between information that's accurate and totally false?

Well, good news: there's now a game for it.

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Bad News is an online game created by a team of academics and journalists called DROG. The idea behind it is to help educate people about the differences between information that's real and information that's fake, as well as the methods used by people behind false stories.

The twist? When you play the game, you play it as the bad guy. Your job is to build as many followers as you can for your new fake news empire, using the exact same techniques as those used by the people who spread false stories IRL. Read more...More about Uk, Fake News, Entertainment, and Gaming

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