There’s legislation pending in Sacramento to teach California schoolkids how to spot fake news and other misinformation on the Internet.
How prepared are today’s young people to deal with the growing amount of misinformation on the Internet? In today’s North Bay Report we look at legislation to update public school curriculums to teach youngsters survival skills for the digital age. George Sampson reports.
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