Spotting Deepfakes

Have you ever seen a photo or video online that seemed too good to be true? With today's technology, it's getting harder and harder to tell what's real and what's fake, especially with things called deepfakes.

Defeating Distraction

Here are some tips to develop a healthier relationship with technology:

Escaping the Comparison Trap

This tip sheet will give you some tips for building a healthier relationship with social media so you can avoid the comparison trap and feel better about yourself online.

Understand How the 'Comparison Trap' Works

Here are a few things about social media that make us more likely to compare ourselves to others:

How to Train Your Algorithm

You can train the algorithms on social networks and video sites to show you more of what you want, and less of what you don’t want. Here are some tips:

Self-guided workshops and workshop kits (for workshops landing page)

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Self-guided workshops and workshop kits

For educators

For parents (for workshops landing page)

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Workshops for parents/guardians

Integrity at MediaSmarts

Learn more about how we practice integrity in all our work, including research projects, educational content and knowledge mobilization efforts.

For general public (for workshops landing page)

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Workshops for the general public

Workshop for youth (for workshops landing page)

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Workshops for youth

I’m overwhelmed online. Now what?

I probably could, and maybe should, write about all of the social media changes we are seeing. The troubling updates to Meta’s content moderation policies and the removal of their fact-checking program, the complicated TikTok ban in the US, all of it.