Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Can you believe everything you see or read on the internet? How can you tell truth from misinformation?

Is everything people say true?
No, people tend to lie and doesn't know everything.
This is same for information on the internet because all the information are written by people.People can post online whatever they want, thus, most of the information online are opinions, not fact.Therefore, we should not believe everything we see or read on the internet. For example, most of the teacher do not recommend the usage of www.wikipedia.org because it tends to contain lot of information that are wrong. 



But how can we tell truth from the lies or facts from the opinions?
Well, all the websites ending with .gov, and .edu,. are trustable websites. So, by going to websites such as www.example.edu, you'll be able to find information that can be trusted. However, the sites ending with .com or .net contains trustable information, too. The best way to tell truth from misinformation is by comparing information from multiple source and websites.

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