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  • Finland is winning the war on fake news. Other nations want the blueprint

    Eliza Mackintosh

    May 18, 2019 |

    CNN |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Finland, Helsinki

    Teaching students to fact check encourages resilience and builds resistance to the post-truth phenomenon. In Finland, a school curriculum implemented at the national level equips elementary and high school students with a digital literacy toolkit geared toward recognizing disinformation online. In addition to specific exercises spotting fake news on social media platforms, a critical thinking curriculum is built into all subjects. Finland's success in fostering a social resilience against disinformation also draws on lessons from the country's oftentimes fraught history with its eastern neighbor.

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