Bombs and bullets are not the only threats to our soldiers. Online disinformation is also being used as a weapon, and it’s one they face both on deployment and at home. Dr. Meghan Fitzpatrick and Dr. Dominique Laferrière are social scientists at Defence Research and Development Canada and have done extensive research on the topic. They explain the disinformation ecosystem that affects the military community and give us advice on how to separate fact from fiction.

Here are some online tools that can help you counter disinformation:

https://hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves/

https://www.snopes.com

https://euvsdisinfo.eu
https://info-radical.org/en/

https://www.getbadnews.com/books/english/

https://harmonysquare.game/en

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