QUIZ: How protected are consumers from misinformation online?

Yahoo News / Institute for Strategic Dialogue
Over the past few years, misinformation and distrust in the media have become hot-button issues for Americans. As many as 3 in 4 Americans overestimate how well they can spot misinformation, researchers for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found in 2021. As artificial intelligence gets thrown into the mix, it’s become harder than ever for the average internet user to discern real from fake.

Yahoo News spoke to Isabelle Frances-Wright, the director of technology and society at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, to create a quiz for Yahoo readers to test their digital literacy skills. (The Institute is a nonprofit dedicated to researching and analyzing extremism and misinformation online.)

Test your knowledge to see how well American internet users are — or aren’t — protected online.

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