if they want to find something out they
turn to their cell phones
like most young people in this suburb of
paris
are you on social media
i prefer the social networks because the
comments are more interesting
but there's lots of hate speech on
social media too
many young people believe the conspiracy
theories and islamist propaganda
disseminated there
for instance the jews
rule the world
that french president macron is a
satanist
all fake news yet many young people in
france's poor suburbs believe it
and that worries scotty benner
i have a lot
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i saw there was an incredible amount of
fake news on social networks that was
presented in a balanced
enough way to make it believable
it's often targeted at young people
because they're on these networks
and they're quite naive
when asked why they don't turn to
newspapers or tv for reliable
information
scotty and will both say the french
media often provokes antipathy towards
muslims although they're not muslims
themselves
when an attack occurs it's normal to
talk about it
it's good to inform people but not over
and over
they use different words but they're
letting muslims know they're not welcome
but if we close the borders we'd be
better off
take the us and the ku klux klan
no one on earth would associate the ku
klux klan with christianity
it's not okay to associate muslims with
these crazies who use terrorism to
enforce their ideas
the young people in france's born years
feel stigmatized
and now that islamist terror has
resurfaced in europe
fake news is booming teachers in
troubled districts like this one
finds their pupils are no longer willing
to listen to facts
in their eyes teachers are part of the
establishment
and spreading lies
it's worrying students begin to
question our knowledge
it happens regularly that they call into
doubt
everything we're trying to teach them
scotty bernard thinks teachers are going
about things the wrong way
and know too little about social media
which is a big problem
so he's trying to do something about it
along with a journalist's association
he's founded the youtube channel muttor
or liar
to fight fake news
here's where we make the videos welcome
the most important thing is to teach
young people to always look at where
something comes from
who put it
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their most recent video warns viewers
about islamist propaganda videos
mature's message be wary when people try
to pull at your heartstrings
indoctrinates young people who've had a
difficult time at home or at school
and who aren't coping so well
emotionally
developing a critical attitude when it
comes to ideas that seem idealistic
yet in reality are completely crazy
with help from scientists mature also
exposes fake news about the corona
pandemic
we have some questions we found a really
crazy infographic on masks
we'd like some clarification on things
we didn't understand
but thousands of young people are
already watching scotty and maisa's
videos
and that makes them proud
if a young person who's seen one of our
videos reflects a bit more when watching
a dubious video
then we've already won