How to Build a Truth Engine

Why Do We Fall for Disinformation, Fake News, and Conspiracy Theories So Easily, and What Can We Do About It?

Friedrich Moser’s documentary focus has long been on the global web. What once seemed to connect us all has now evolved into a diffuse space where doubts and divisions are increasingly driven into societies. Co-produced by Hollywood star George Clooney, HOW TO BUILD A TRUTH ENGINE explores the weaponization of disinformation, the need for a new form of journalism, and the urgency for democratic societies to find ways to coexist both online and offline.

AT/US 2024, 124 min