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Misinformation in crisis: How false information can cost lives during natural disasters
Combatting misinformation with media literacy, verified sources, and technology
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Access to timely and accurate information can be the difference between life and death during a natural disaster. Increasingly, in risks of hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, and other disasters, communities rely on what they hope is reliable information in order to make critical decisions. But the rise of misinformation can create confusion, panic, and cause people to make choices that put their lives at risk.
How does false information undermine efforts to manage emergencies? Click through this gallery to find out more.
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