Learn how to be alert to fake news in free game by Cambridge psychologists

Free 10 minute psychological game as “vaccin” against Fake News and psychological misinformation.

You go trolling people, create memes and bots (don’t worry, everything is explained as you go along) and try to let the whole situation get totally out of hand. It was developed by two psychologists at Cambridge in cooperation with among others the US Department of Homeland Security. “In the 10-minute game Harmony Square, a small town neighbourhood “obsessed with democracy” comes under fire as players bait the square’s “living statute,” spread falsehoods about its candidate for “bear controller,” and set up a disreputable online news site to attack the local TV anchor. You are hired as “Chief Disinformation Officer”. Handy to know: Trolls are people who leave intentionally provocative or offensive messages on the internet in order to get attention, cause trouble or upset someone.

You can play the free game here: https://harmonysquare.game/en.

You can read more about the research project here: https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/breaking-harmony-square-a-game-that-inoculates-against-political-misinformation/