People Spot Misinformation Better After Playing A New Game Where They Undermine Democracy

Alison Escalante MD
4 min readJan 5, 2021
The free video game Breaking Harmony Square teaches players to recognize political disinformation

Misinformation has become one of the most pressing problems we face as a society. How can we find effective solutions when we can’t agree on what the facts are? And misinformation has entered just about every domain in our lives. From our healthcare to our choices as voters, how can we differentiate true from false?

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Alison Escalante MD

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