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Ms Valerie Ziegler speaks to her students during a session on digital literacy at Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco on Nov 7.
PHOTO: MINH CONNORS/NYTIMES
Tiffany Hsu
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SAN FRANCISCO – Most teenagers know that baseless conspiracy theories, partisan propaganda and artificially generated deepfakes lurk on social media. Ms Valerie Ziegler’s students know how to spot them.
At Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco, she trains her government, economy and history students to consult a variety of sources, recognise rage-baiting content and consider influencers’ motivations. They brainstorm ways to distinguish deepfakes from real footage.
