‘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…
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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…