Study reveals the key reason why fake news spreads on social media
USC researchers may have found the biggest influencer in the spread of fake news: social platforms’ structure of rewarding users for habitually sharing information. The…
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People ‘fly to quality’ news on social sites when faced with uncertainty
By Laurel Thomas @ University of Michigan News Image credit: NewsWhip When information becomes a matter of life or death or is key to navigating…
Study shows vulnerable populations with less education more likely to believe, share misinformation
As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens public health around the world, misinformation regarding its treatment, causes and cures has abounded. A University of Kansas study has…
US Social Media Firms Scramble to Fight Fake News
by Michelle Quinn SAN FRANCISCO — As Notre Dame Cathedral burned, a posting on Facebook circulated – a grainy video of what appeared to be…
A cognitive scientist explains why humans are so susceptible to fake news and misinformation
By JULIAN MATTHEWS – Nieman Lab How fake news gets into our minds, and what you can do to resist it Although the term itself is…
Don’t be fooled by fake images and videos online
Nope, not a real news report from Hurricane Irma. Snopes Hany Farid, Dartmouth College One month before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, an “Access Hollywood”…
How mainstream media helps weaponize far-right conspiracy theories
Are there invisible forces at work in the world? Grzegorz Zdziarski/Shutterstock.com Heather Woods, Kansas State University and Leslie Hahner, Baylor University Once an anti-Semitic rumor…
How local journalism can upend the ‘fake news’ narrative
Local journalists are often the only journalists that most people will ever meet. teka12/Shutterstock.com Damian Radcliffe, University of Oregon “For the first time media is…
Facebook hired a conservative lobbying firm with an ‘in-house fake news shop’ to combat PR crisis
The conservative lobbying firm that Facebook hired in the midst of an October 2017 public relations crisis about Russian disinformation included what one former employee…
Unlike in 2016, there was no spike in misinformation this election cycle
Social media misinformation rose significantly before the 2016 presidential election. Georgejmclittle/shutterstock.com Paul Resnick, University of Michigan A newsy photo of a public figure shows up…
‘Fake News Stand’ Open in New York City
A magazine stand that offers newspapers and magazines with fake news has opened on Tuesday in central New York City. Publications at the stand carry…
Facebook launches ‘war room’ to combat election manipulation
Republished with permission by Knowhere News Facebook has built a physical “war room” in its California headquarters in an attempt to avoid repeating some of…
Think journalism’s a tough field today? Try being a reporter in the Gilded Age
Think journalism’s a tough field today? Try being a reporter in the Gilded Age An 1899 photograph of the pressroom of the Planet, a newspaper…
Trump accuses Google of rigging search results
Republished with permission by Knowhere News President Donald Trump attacked Google Tuesday in a series of early morning tweets accusing the company of prioritizing “fake…
Why the term ‘fake news’ is doing more harm than good
Note: Media Bias Fact Check prefers the term Questionable when referring to sources that occasionally publish false or misleading information. We reserve the term “fake…
Debunked Fake News Still Being Shared Despite Facebook’s Promises
By Kenneth White At the Global FactChecking Summit in June, Facebook announced they would be delivering data surrounding their new strategies to combat misinformation and…
How the latest tech and some healthy activism can curb fake news
Technology drives fake news. Could it also stop the problem in its tracks? Shutterstock Co-Pierre Georg, University of Cape Town; Christoph Aymanns, University of St.Gallen,…
Misinformation and biases infect social media, both intentionally and accidentally
People who share potential misinformation on Twitter (in purple) rarely get to see corrections or fact-checking (in orange). Shao et al., CC BY-ND Giovanni…
Why bullshit hurts democracy more than lies
Why is bullshit so harmful? Ted Eytan, CC BY-SA Michael Blake, University of Washington Since the inauguration of Donald Trump as president, members of his…
Google Chrome: Fake Ad Blockers Installed by 20M Users
Ad blocking tools are installed by hundreds of millions of internet users to fend off intrusive marketing, stay secure and prevent unwanted disruptions. … an…
