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UK schoolchildren to be trained in spotting fake news after riots
Updated On: 12 August, 2024 06:48 AM IST | London | Agencies
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Schoolchildren will be taught how to spot extremist content and fake news online under proposed changes to the curriculum in the wake of far-right riots across UK cities fuelled by misinformation on social media.
UK Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson told `The Daily Telegraph’ on Sunday that she is launching a review of the curriculum in both primary and secondary schools to embed critical thinking across multiple subjects and arm children against “putrid conspiracy theories”. It means schoolchildren may analyse articles in English lessons to help learn how to weed out fabricated clickbait from accurate reporting.
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