Lateral reading is the practice of leaving a website to verify its claims and check its credibility by consulting other sources, rather than staying on the original site to evaluate it. Lateral reading strengthens information evaluation by encouraging verification across multiple sources, providing broader context while enabling readers to assess the original content's credibility through external perspectives and fact-checking resources. This comprehensive approach leads to more thorough content assessment in our digital landscape by systematically identifying potential biases, inaccuracies, and reliability issues.
Lateral reading is also helpful in evaluating Generative AI output.
