Fact of Fake - Be more confident online

Fact of Fake is running at Swansea Central Library on Wednesday 11 November, from 14:00 to 15:30. It's a free workshop delivered by Shout Out UK, and the whole thing is built around one specific skill: learning how to spot misleading information and digital scams.

If you spend any time online, you know the feeling. You're scrolling through your feed and you come across a headline that seems a bit too convenient, or an email that asks for your details in a way that doesn't quite sit right. Most of us have a gut instinct for when something is off, but that's not always enough when the scams are getting more sophisticated. That's where this comes in. The session is designed to give you a more reliable way to tell the difference between what's real and what's a fake, so you can be a bit more confident about what you're clicking on and what you're sharing.

It's a practical sort of thing rather than a lecture, and it's run by Shout Out UK, who are the ones delivering the session. The focus is on the tools you can use to double-check a story before you believe it, and the red flags to look for in those digital scams that are so common these days. It's the kind of stuff that's useful regardless of how much you already know about the internet—whether you're just starting to get comfortable with it or you've been online for years.

It's held at Swansea Central Library, Y Storfa, Swansea, SA1 3EL, on Wednesday 11 November from 14:00 to 15:30. It's free to attend, so you can just turn up and spend the ninety minutes getting a better handle on how to navigate the noise.