Episode Two: Trial By Teenager, Part I

What if there were a way to stop politicians from lying on social media? Jill Lepore heads to a local high school to test out a crazy idea: Should juries of high school history students decide whether each and every political ad is true enough to be posted to social media? For a transcript of this episode, click here.

KEY SOURCES

“A Jury Of Random People Can Do Wonders For Facebook” by Jonathan Zittrain

Want to try this in your classroom? Check out our lesson plan here.