A shocking post is going viral in your school group chat. Before anyone shares it, run a signal check. Investigate the evidence and solve all four locks to decide: is this claim a real signal — or just noise?
The post claims: "BREAKING: The school board secretly CANCELED summer break — share before they delete this!!" It has thousands of shares. Your job isn't to panic or repost — it's to check the signal. Open each piece of evidence, weigh how trustworthy it is, and solve all four locks to reach a smart conclusion.
Tap each clue to read it. (You can reopen them anytime.)
Solve each lock using the clues above.
You traced the claim to its source, counted the red flags, and refused to share noise. That's real media literacy — the difference between spreading a rumor and stopping one.