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Module 4 – Computational Thinking
Module 5 – Data Literacy
[ENG] Digital Citizenship and Computational Thinking – Curriculum Team
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2.5.1 Why information you find on the internet might not be true 

 As a researcher, you  are responsible for evaluating all your sources, including the information found on the Internet. We have many complaints from researchers, They get a lot of information from websites that aren’t true.Here are a few problems on why the information you find might not be true:

  • There is no quality assurance or no clear guarantee on data available online  ( Ex. Anyone can post anything on the websites )
  • The most  information found has not been checked for accuracy
  • Not all websites are​ good quality, purpose, and biased ( Ex. Some websites have sponsors who pay for specific​​ to write content to promote their products or ideas 
  • Some information seek to scandalize and breed controversy rather than provide reliable information
  • Some information is old​ sources and found to be out of date ( Ex. They said an accident happened in 2022 and posted some information in 2022 on websites, but the situation has happened since August 2000 ).