Answer:
A. Summarily, the four steps to accurately sharing information include;
1. consciously employing our senses to examine news deeply so as to accurately determine their source and purpose.
2. determining the origin of the story so as to know when and where it stems from.
3. examining the context of the material so as to find inconsistencies.
4. analyzing the evidence, arguments and information being presented in the story.
B. The four steps presented in the story are enough guidance to help us differentiate between accurate and false information on the net.
I agree with all of the points presented by the author of this article on analyzing information found online. Recently, I viewed a video on the net which was presented as a fact but a little digging revealed that the original video was a prank that had been edited, so as to remove important details. The first point raised by the speaker which is honing my senses to know that something is wrong with the information (it was too bad to be true), helped me to dig deeper. I found a link to the original video that revealed a completely different detail from what I had just seen.
Explanation:
For people who care that the information they share online are true, the points raised by the author of the article, "How to fight lies, tricks, and chaos online", can prove beneficial. The first step is applying one's senses to know when an information is too bad or good to be true. The next step is determining the origin of the story. When and where a story comes from is crucial to knowing if it is truly relevant.
Thirdly, reading in between lines might reveal that the story is deceitful and lacks truth or originality. Lastly weighing the evidence of the story will help the reader in knowing the usefulness of the story to him.
