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Module 3 – Disinformation, Deepfakes and Data Manipulation

Module 3's overall obective

Module 3 explores how AI can be used to create or spread misleading content and how you can recognise it. You will learn how to question what you see online, identify deepfakes and manipulated information, verify content before trusting or sharing it, and act responsibly in a digital world where it can be difficult to separate fact from fiction.

Before You Start...

Estimated time between 100-110 minutes

Available formats include View online (flipbook) or download as PDF

Includes real-world examples, reflection activities and practical exercises that help you build your digital detective skills

Designed for young people aged 15–30, youth workers and educators

You can complete this module on its own or as part of the full Planet Pulse "Youth Rising Above Climate Anxiety" course.

What you'll learn

1

How to recognise the difference between misinformation, disinformation and manipulation, and understand how AI can be used to create or spread deceptive content

2

What deepfakes are, why they can be difficult to detect, and what to consider before believing or sharing AI-generated images, audio or video

3

How data and context can be manipulated through selective information, misleading interpretations, time frames, categories and samples

4

How to use practical digital detective skills to check the source, question the content and look for evidence before deciding whether something is trustworthy

5

Your responsibility as a content creator or online user to verify information, label synthetic content and avoid spreading misleading or unverified material

Access the Module and digital badge

View online below via the interactive flipbook

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Put your digital detective skills into practice and earn the Disinformation, Deepfakes & Data Manipulation Digital Badge.

Complete the module and the Module 3 knowledge check below to demonstrate your understanding of AI-driven deception, content verification and responsible information sharing.

Your badge recognises your progress in building the practical and ethical AI skills promoted through the VALUES programme.

Quiz

1. What is the key difference between misinformation and disinformation?(Required)
2. What is a deepfake?(Required)
3. What is the first step in the three-point Detective Toolkit introduced in Module 3?(Required)
4. When a chart's Y-axis starts at 100 instead of 0, this is an example of which type of data manipulation?(Required)
5. According to Module 3, what is a key responsibility of content creators?(Required)
6. In the Baltimore school principal case study, why did people believe the fake audio clip?(Required)
7. Which of the following is a useful fact-checking method mentioned in Module 3?(Required)
8. AI-generated misinformation can cause different types of harm. Which of the following is an example of 'democratic harm'?(Required)
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