AI ETHICS COUNCIL · DAY 4 OF 10
Misinformation: Leave the Page and Check
Use lateral reading instead of deciding from appearance alone.
- Topic: claims + sources
- Time: one class period
- Turn in: four-move verification trail and confidence decision
AI Ethics Council Casebook
Use the same casebook for all ten days. Earlier evidence stays available during the hearing and code-writing days.
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Today’s learning
Use the Council Lens: What decision? Who has power? Who is affected? What is the evidence? What check would make the system more accountable?
Today’s task
- Use the examples your teacher provides. Do not search for or create harmful deepfake content.
- Stop and name the central claim.
- Open new tabs to investigate the publisher and find stronger coverage.
- Trace the image, quote, data, or report to its earliest useful source.
- Record verified, misleading, altered/generated, or still uncertain and explain the evidence.
Casebook checkpoint
Complete page 5. Keep the complete casebook for the final council decision.
Success criteria
- ✓ The original claim and publisher are named
- ✓ At least one stronger outside source is used
- ✓ The evidence trail is recorded
- ✓ Uncertainty is explained instead of guessed away
Use this sentence stem:
I first thought _____ because _____. After checking other sources, my confidence is _____ because _____.
I first thought _____ because _____. After checking other sources, my confidence is _____ because _____.
Word bank: claim · source · lateral reading · corroborate · context · uncertainty
If you get stuck
- Do not stare harder at the original post. Search for its origin.
- Two pages repeating the same source are not independent confirmation.
- “Still uncertain” is a valid decision when the missing evidence is named.
Before you submit
- Upload a readable copy of page 5. You may submit a document, PDF, photo, or short video walkthrough using the options your teacher enables.
- Keep your complete casebook; later days require evidence from earlier pages.