How to win at debunking Online Misinformation

Juanita Nieuwoudt
7 min readMay 13, 2020

“Bad information ruins lives. It promotes hate, damages people’s health, and hurts democracy” — fullfact.org.

Whaaaat?

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Everyday we access a glut of information via the Internet. We are confronted with half-truths, exaggeration and sometimes down-right deception. Many of us don’t have the time, necessary skills or even the will to…

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Juanita Nieuwoudt

I write about life in all its glory. I write about the unglorious too. More fascinating, yes? I sometimes write in my sleep; that's when I know: It is time.