In late February, the headline of a news commentary website that receives more than 2.8 million monthly visitors announced, "Jews Destroy Another One of Their Own Graveyards to Blame Trump." The story, inspired by the recent ...
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Germany's justice minister is proposing fines of up to 50 million euros ($53 million) for social networking sites that fail to swiftly remove illegal content, such as hate speech or defamatory "fake news."
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Mar 14, 2017
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Fake news is not news – that is, it is not in fact news, and the matter of fake news is not a recent revelation. But while fake news is a thorny problem that needs addressing in its own right, it is part of an even bigger ...
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Mar 13, 2017
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The rise of fake news has dominated the world of politics since the last U.S. election cycle. But fake news is not at all new in the world of science, notes University of Wisconsin-Madison Life Sciences Communication Professor ...
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The impetus behind Victoria Rubin's research is a tip from Ernest Hemingway: "Develop a built-in bullshit detector."
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Feb 16, 2017
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Technology firms must up their game in tackling "fake news", Apple chief executive Tim Cook said Saturday, calling for a major public information campaign.
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Feb 11, 2017
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The fight against fake news is not just being waged by Google, Facebook and big media companies.
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Feb 6, 2017
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A Syrian refugee whose selfie with German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been repeatedly manipulated to link him to violent jihad will take Facebook to court Monday for spreading defamatory fake news.
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Feb 6, 2017
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Wittingly or not, major global corporations are helping fund sites that traffic in fake news by advertising on them.
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Jan 29, 2017
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"Fake news" probably did not change the outcome of the US presidential election, according to a study of news consumption by voters.
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