Evaluating Social Media Accounts
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Date: 2024-01-15

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Additional References:

CTRL-F. (2018). Fact-Checking Tools — Video 3: Evaluating Social Media Accounts. YouTube. Retrieved December 12, 2023, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgLqvgv11zA. 

First Draft News. (2020). How to verify imposter social media accounts using your mobile phone. YouTube. Retrieved December 12, 2023, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90By3lUJQ18&t=179s. 

Harding, X. (2020, August 17). Misinfo Monday: How to tell fact from crap in the Newsfeed. Mozilla Foundation. https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/how-tell-fact-crap-newsfeed/