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Facebook’s combat against fake news showing little signs of success

Evidence suggests that Facebook’s “disputed” labels on fake content have been ineffective or even counterproductive.

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-05-16 13:01

Facebook targets “low-quality” sites with its latest News Feed tweak

The algorithm change may also have an effect on sites spreading fake news.

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2017-05-11 12:47

Tim Berners-Lee weighs in on fake news, net neutrality

The inventor of the World Wide Web says Google’s ad technology contributed to the spread of fake news.

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2017-05-10 12:54

Alt-right messaging ineffective in influencing French presidential elections

While coordinated online campaigns using memes, hashtags and fake news played a major role in the US elections, same methods have failed to take flight in France.

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2017-05-05 15:20

Facebook to amplify combat against “information operations” on the platform

The social media giant has identified misinformation campaigns that aimed to influence political conversation during the 2016 US presidential campaign.

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-05-04 13:21

'Fake news' is not journalism

Would you trust your news from any source? How are we able to ensure that ‘fake’(d)news does not overtake the flow of information asks Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General on the eve of World Press Freedom Day.

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2017-05-01 14:29

Wikipedia founder launches a global news website

A crowdfunded news site, Wikitribune will bring professional journalists and volunteers to work together.

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-04-25 13:11

Journalists on Trump: "We’re not at war. We’re at work"

There can be few festivals on the planet quite like the Perugia International Journalism Festival. It’s one of those rare industry events that successfully crosses over into being something, somehow, for everybody. It’s a real festival of the mind, full of fascinating insights that seem as though they’d be edifying to anyone with even a passing interest in how we communicate.

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2017-04-21 14:57

Facebook busca fortalecer el combate contra las noticias falsas con un Jefe de Productos Noticiosos

Facebook busca atender las críticas contra la desinformación presente en la plataforma social, específicamente las noticias falsas o “fake news”, mediante el nombramiento de un encargado de combatirlas. 

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Adrian Montemayor

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2017-04-20 18:51

Facebook and Google happy to monetise, not monitor, fake news

Given the enormous impact the distribution of fake news on Facebook and Google is having on society, one would think the tech giants would take the matter seriously, writes Stephen Rae, Group Editor-in-Chief at INM. Yet, it appears their interest lies in monetising rather than monitoring the phenomenon.

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WAN-IFRA External Contributor

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2017-04-19 11:28

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