Cranky Uncle: A game that teaches defense against fake news

Learn to spot misinformation and fake news with an interactive and educational smartphone game!





Thanks to all our supporters! We reached our first three goals: to develop an iPhone game, an Android game, and multi-lingual translations, raising over $35,000! But you can still donate today—two anonymous contributors have agreed to match contributions received through January 31, dollar for dollar, up to $5,000. Your contribution will be doubled and will help us add more features to the game, deepening its social impact. DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT by contributing right now!

Cranky Uncle is a smartphone game that uses cartoons and gameplay to interactively explain the techniques used to cast doubt on climate science. Research has identified a key solution to making the public more resilient against fake news. It’s called ‘active inoculation’—learning how to spot attempts to mislead by learning the techniques of denial.