Fake News

Top general stresses that despite evil designs of enemies, a strong and stable future awaits the country

Malaysia is among the first few countries to legislate policing of fake news

Fake stories dressed up as fact can go viral on social media overnight and reach massive audiences

False political news reached more people faster and went deeper into their social networks

Journalists found guilty of writing or broadcasting fake news will have their government accreditation withdrawn

Pranks and fake news from around the world on April Fool's Day

Bill must be approved by a majority in the 222-seat lower house and also in the upper house

The industry had rejected to use regulation to tackle the problem

Report in journal Science is largest to date and studies some 126,000 cascades on Twitter

In the game, they choose polarising falsehoods to publish, cultivate an army of Twitter bots

We need to look at the demands that the market imposes on them to better understand the problem

Dr. Shahid Masood's latest spectacle unravels the greater menace of fake news lining the media industry

'Fake news is a sign of intolerant and hypersensitive attitudes and leads only to the spread of arrogance and...

Big business models are a threat to democracy, journalism said PPP chief

Author sheds light on Steve Bannon, Toby Young and the politics of provocation

He 'mis-measured' his height initially he clarifed

Social media and rumours combine to send stock market participants in panic mode

Without traditional institutional media gatekeepers, political discourse is no longer based on a common set of facts

FMN article says US federal officials busted 412 'Muslims' only in health care fraud

Beijing has been ramping up measures to secure the internet and maintain strict censorship

Use of fake news in political campaigns has become a growing concern, and the same methods can be used for profit

Misinformation showed grim trend that has increasingly dominated viral online propaganda

'Zuckerberg acknowledged the problem posed by fake news'

'The fake news industry has reached a record level'

The parody account was quick to point out Senator Malik's gaffe

Failure to comply could see a company fined up to US$57 million

Trump has been critical of CNN, calling the news outlet 'fake news'

Includes generating fake social media profiles and news stories and circulating them through fictitious followers

Fake news has been a source of heated controversy during the US Presidential elections

Websites with pop-up ads will also be downplayed

The social network launched a newspaper advertising campaign to warn users of fake news

The new initiative aims to deliver search results, while offering users more options to flag inappropriate content

Russia has repeatedly denied interfering in the US election

Facebook has taken a series of steps to stymie the spread of fake news

New tags will use third-party fact-checkers to indicate whether news items are true, false or somewhere in-between

Tips included checking website addresses along with searching out other sources or articles on topics

'This is not a problem that we could ever solve alone'

The tech industry has stepped up efforts to root out misinformation

The programme created "think before you click" clips informing youngsters how to spot false stories

The journalist was booked on terror charges for allegedly publishing fake news about a sitting minister

OECD’s test will assess how well students can think critically about information provided via social media

The story says the actress had accused Carryn Owens, the widow of Navy SEAL Ryan Owens, of seeking attention

Reporters, media groups are increasingly finding they are part of the story, after Trump's denunciation of fake news

Dupatta artist states that she is doing this for the sake of reputation of Pakistan

Nermeen Sheikh says news immediacy is a recurring theme but erases certainty

"It's important for Sweden's image in the world to report about the good examples"

The NATO general stated that Russia was behind false report of rape by German soldiers in Lithuania

A survey of over 33,000 people in 28 countries shows trust in the media is at an all-time low at just 35%

Germany’s most read newspaper reported that dozens of Arab men had rampaged through Frankfurt and assaulted women

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