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MISINFORMATION-LITERACY5 MIN READ

Pause before the urgent share

Pause a high-pressure workplace claim and choose the first SIFT move before sharing.

The room is moving fast. The claim is vivid, urgent, and still unverified. The screenshot feels important, but no one has found the original source yet. What should Priya do first? Post a short hold, ask for the original source, and split the verification work. Right. This applies SIFT's Stop move without freezing the team. It names the verification gap and creates a path to lateral reading and tracing. Forward the screenshot to the customer-response list so people can prepare. Too early. It spreads the frame before the source is known. Urgency plus internal amplification is exactly the pattern the…

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