If you see emotional news and don't know how to verify it, media and information literacy experts have prepared this educational series for you. Learn how lies can play into your prejudices and in what kind of atmosphere they can spread.

Spoiler alert: you are more likely to fall under their influence when you think the world is dangerous, and you are in an information bubble. But this can be fixed — learn how our brains deceive us, learn to recognize different types of fake news in headlines and photos, the actions of bots and trolls, and manipulative news.

These skills are invaluable for anyone, at any age, in any profession.

The full version of the course, including videos, articles and interactive exercises, is available here: https://verified.ed-era.com/ua

The educational series was developed by IREX in partnership with the EdEra online education studio. Very Verified is a part of the Study and Distinguish: Info-Media Literacy Project implemented by IREX with the support of the US Embassy and the British Embassy in Ukraine, in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the Academy of Ukrainian Press.