More than half of Spain's Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO, in its Spanish acronym) students can distinguish between fake and real news. This is one of the conclusions of a study carried out by researchers from the Universidad ...
Social Sciences
Sep 29, 2022
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After chasing the perfect Christmas tree for three decades, Gary Chastagner could be getting close.
Biotechnology
Dec 17, 2009
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Facebook is shutting down its ill-fated "trending" news section after four years, a company executive told The Associated Press.
Internet
Jun 1, 2018
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Duncan Watts, a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor and computational social scientist with appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication, School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Wharton School, has published ...
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2021
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Facebook's chief security officer warned that the fake-news problem is more complicated and dangerous to solve than the public thinks.
Internet
Oct 9, 2017
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If we could tell authentic from counterfeit or adulterated drugs and foods just by looking at them, we could save money and lives every year, especially in the developing world, where the problem is worst. Unfortunately, ...
Other
Mar 20, 2019
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Internet giants Facebook and Google on Thursday warned Singapore against introducing new laws to combat "fake news", saying that existing legislation is adequate to address the problem.
Internet
Mar 22, 2018
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"Fake news" stories targeting corporations may be obnoxious, but a new study finds that they likely pose little threat to well-established brands.
Economics & Business
Oct 16, 2019
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Google said Tuesday it was working to refine its algorithm to weed out "non-authoritative" information after a British news report showed a Holocaust denial website ranked highly in search queries.
Internet
Dec 20, 2016
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Note to Mark Zuckerberg: Beware of misinformation
Internet
Aug 13, 2018
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