Google has revamped its digital safety curriculum, Be Internet Awesome, with a new lesson, 'Don't fall for fake', which teaches kids how to spot fake news stories and other misinformation online. In doing so, the technology giant positions itself as a platform that cares about the safety of its youngest users.

In a bid to tackle a growing e-culture of inauthenticity and misinformation, Instagram has launched a tool that allows users to report fake posts. Trust in social media platforms is waning, and people are not only demanding greater transparency, but also more control over what gets shared.

In an era of fake news and ad overload, stories remain effective at attracting attention – but are they always useful in winning people over? Canvas8 spoke to Rebecca Krause, a PhD candidate at Northwestern University, to understand how brands can balance facts and narratives in their messaging.

As political views polarize along generational and cultural lines in the US, echo chambers are inhibiting civic conversations. For Freedoms is tackling this state-by-state by creating billboards in partnership with artists, sparking public discussion ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.