In a survey published by the Open Society Institute based in Sofia, Bulgaria, Finland ranked number 1 of 41 European countries on resilience against misinformation. Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, and Sweden also ranked high. In Finland 76 % of the population considers print and digital newspapers to be reliable. College is free. There’s a high trust in government. School kids are taught from early grades how to spot misinformation. Now the government is also using libraries to help older people spot lies and conspiracy theories on the internet.
Countries where misinformation was most frequently believed included Georgia, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Bosnia, and Albania.
I wonder where the U.S. would rank. Probably between Bosnia and Albania.
Info for this post is from Jenny Gross, “How Finland Teaches Even Youngest Pupils To Spot Misinformation,” New York Times, (Jan. 11, 2023), P. A10.
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