The Browser game exposes manipulation tactics used to mislead people online and builds cognitive resistance against disinformation. Interactive serious game in which players take the role of a fake-news creator and use common disinformation techniques to build followers and credibility. By experiencing manipulation from the perspective of a disinformation producer, learners develop greater awareness of how misinformation is created and spread.
Why it matters for ENACT-AI
The game does not focus specifically on generative AI, but it strongly develops critical thinking and media-literacy skills that are essential for evaluating AI-generated and digitally manipulated information.
Learning outcomes
Learners recognize common manipulation techniques such as impersonation, emotional manipulation, polarization, conspiracy theories, discrediting and trolling, understand how misinformation can gain credibility and spread, and develop greater confidence in assessing information online.
Suggested activity
Learners play the game individually, then work in small groups to identify the six manipulation techniques encountered. Each group chooses one technique and finds a real-world example, then discusses how the same technique could appear in AI-generated content or social media.