In the 11/04/21 New York Times, Farhad Manjoo wrote an opinion piece on what to do about Facebook. In that article, he references a system called SIFT; “Mike Caulfield, an expert on digital literacy at the University of Washington, has developed a four-step process called SIFT to assess the veracity of information. After Caufield’s process becomes ingrained in his students, he has said, ‘we’re seeing students come to better judgments about sources and claims in 90 seconds than they used to in 20 minutes.’ ”
The weblink for SIFT is here, it is a good guide to stepping back and knowing your internet sources vs believing something you have only read once.