State Department to spend up to $100,000 on youth game ‘misinformation’ training

[Valletta]

“Proposals should seek to convene 60-70 skilled gaming industry professionals and game design students for a four-day program comprised of a two-day workshop led by American and local experts on designing games with social messages, followed by a two-day game jam during which participants form teams and conceptualize games that could address pressing misinformation issues in Côte d’Ivoire,” funding documents say.

State Department to spend up to $100,000 on youth game ‘misinformation’ training - Washington Examiner

The State Department plans to spend up to $100,000 training youth in the Ivory Coast how to design games that will "combat misinformation."

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This is the improper use of taxpayer dollars for political purposes.

 

[essentialsaltes]

We should be doing more to promote critical thinking. Games that 'inoculate players against real-world disinformation' sound like a great idea in furtherance of a valuable mission.