Digital Smarts - Maps Are Extremely Easy to Fake or Manipulate
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For all the talk these days about "fake news" and "deep fake" videos, there hasn't been much chatter about fake maps. Information on a map is easy to manipulate, and most people just glance at maps and don't dive into the data sets that serve as their source material. Using maps related to the coronavirus as an example, theconversation.com highlights some key questions you and your kids should ask whenever you look to a map for information.