CNN Special Report
By Eliza Mackintosh, CNNVideo by Edward Kiernan, CNN
This article addresses an anti-fake news initiative launched by Finland’s government in 2014 –
two years before Russia meddled in the US elections – aimed at teaching residents, students,
journalists, and politicians how to counter false information designed to sow division.
The initiative is just one layer of a multi-pronged, cross-sector approach the country is taking
to prepare citizens of all ages for the complex digital landscape of today – and tomorrow. The
Nordic country, which shares an 832-mile border with Russia, is acutely aware of what’s at
stake if it doesn’t.
Finland has faced down Kremlin-backed propaganda campaigns ever since it declared
independence from Russia 101 years ago. But in 2014, after Moscow annexed Crimea and
backed rebels in eastern Ukraine, it became obvious that the battlefield had shifted:
information warfare was moving online.
White Paper on fact-checking.
https://www.faktabaari.fi/assets/FactBar_EDU_Fact-checking_for_educators_and_future_voters_13112018.pdf
