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Prebunking and inoculation

"While debunking or fact-checking is an important tactic to address information risks, the technique is reactive and often overcome by the speed and virality of misinformation, disinformation and hate speech. Pre-bunking is a preventative measure that aims to prepare audiences to recognize and resist information risks." - UNHCR

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Disint.ai
disint.ai

Disint.ai

disint.ai - a narrative intelligence and social listening platform for YouTube.

Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) šŸ‡³šŸ‡±
Fight disinformation, Media, Artificial Intelligence
Bad Vaxx
badvaxx.com

Bad Vaxx

Level up your defenses! Learn to build resistance against manipulation.

Fight disinformation, Games and gamification, Peer-reviewed research
vaccines, Good health and well-being
A Practical Guide to Prebunking Misinformation
prebunking.withgoogle.com/docs/A_Practical_Guide_to_Prebunking_Misinformation.pdf

A Practical Guide to Prebunking Misinformation

This guide was developed for practitioners interested in defending against misleading and manipulative information

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2022
Prebunking and inoculation, Fight disinformation
reports
Towards psychological herd immunity: Cross-cultural evidence for two prebunking interventions against COVID-19 misinformation
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20539517211013868

Towards psychological herd immunity: Cross-cultural evidence for two prebunking interventions against COVID-19 misinformation

We find that Go Viral!, a novel five-minute browser game, (a) increases the perceived manipulativeness of misinformation about COVID-19, (b) improves people’s attitudinal certainty (confidence) in the...

since 2021
Fight disinformation, Games and gamification, Peer-reviewed research
vaccines, Good health and well-being
The cranky uncle game—combining humor and gamification to build student resilience against climate misinformation
researchgate.net/publication/361349140_The_cranky_uncle_game-combining_humor_and_gamification_to_build_student_resilience_against_climate_misinformation

The cranky uncle game—combining humor and gamification to build student resilience against climate misinformation

Combining humor and gamification to build student resilience against climate misinformation

Fight disinformation, Games and gamification, Peer-reviewed research
Climate action
Fake news game confers psychological resistance against online misinformation
nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0279-9

Fake news game confers psychological resistance against online misinformation

We provide initial evidence that people’s ability to spot and resist misinformation improves after gameplay, irrespective of education, age, political ideology, and cognitive style.

since 2019
Fight disinformation, Games and gamification, Peer-reviewed research
Cranky Uncle
crankyuncle.com

Cranky Uncle

The Cranky Uncle game uses cartoons and critical thinking to fight misinformation.

Fight disinformation, Games and gamification, Peer-reviewed research
apps, Climate action
Psychological inoculation improves resilience to and reduces willingness to share vaccine misinformation
nature.com/articles/s41598-025-09462-5?utm_source=indicator.media&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=briefing-ai-comes-for-fashion-and-a-tool-for-guessing-email-addresses&_bhlid=9998876ed9770d8e027abcc26b9bd612b05e13af

Psychological inoculation improves resilience to and reduces willingness to share vaccine misinformation

Our findings suggest that a short, low-cost, gamified intervention can increase resilience to vaccine misinformation.

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA
since 2025
Fight disinformation, Games and gamification, Peer-reviewed research
vaccines, Good health and well-being
Cat Park
tiltstudio.co/solutions/cases/cat-park

Cat Park

A game to arm people against disinformation

Games and gamification, Fight disinformation, Media
Detect Fakes
detectfakes.kellogg.northwestern.edu

Detect Fakes

See for yourself how accurately you can identify AI-generated images

Northwestern University, Campus Drive, Evanston, IL
Fight disinformation, Deepfakes, Prebunking and inoculation
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