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Today, the facts are clear: we’re in the midst of an information age.

In fact, almost 40% of adults and 60% of young people get their information via Facebook, Tik Tok, X or Instagram. These platforms shape and distort opinions, creating a heightened risk of manipulation.

So how do you spot fake news? And how can we reinvent quality information in the world of social networks?

That’s the subject Chantal Peyer tackles in this new episode of the podcast “2040 j’y vais!” in the company of..:

• Cécile Tran Tien, journalist and producer of the RTS program “Vraiment”.
• Nathalie Pignard-Cheynel, Director of the Academy of Journalism and Media, University of Neuchâtel

Interview: Chantal Peyer
Production: Aline Blanchard

Photos: On the premises of the RTS program “Vraiment” with Cécile Tran-Tien

Learn how to spot fake news

• Quiz: identify your ability to identify false information
• RTS program Vraiment , with Cécile Tran-Tien
• How can I verify a piece of information, a photo or a video? Rts Découverte, 2021.
• “Dix conseils pour débusquer les fausses informations sur internet”, Le Temps

For further analysis

• Youth and the media: references and guidelines for self-education
• Report on influence and disinformation by the Federal Council, 2024
• Platforms: market power and power over opinion: Origins and consequences for media and democracy, Federal Media Commission, 2025.

Support
The “2040, j’y vais!” podcast is made possible by the support of the Giovannini Foundation, the canton of Vaud, the canton of Geneva, HEKS Transform’Action Lab, One Planet Lab and Services Industriels de Genève. We would also like to thank our distribution partners: l’impact Hub Lausanne-Genève; l’Archipel de Sion and sanu.