Online influencers need ‘urgent’ fact-checking training, warns Unesco

Unesco mostly spoke with ‘nano-influencers’ who have up to 10,000 followers on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram.

Social media influencers need “urgent” help to check their facts before they broadcast to their followers, in order to reduce the spread of misinformation online, Unesco has warned.

According to a report by the UN’s educational, scientific and cultural organisation, two-thirds of content creators fail to check the accuracy of their material, making them and their followers vulnerable to misinformation.