‘We need to do more’ about misinformation, Google says
A top Google executive has said the US internet giant has to do more to crack down on illegal content and misinformation, after American firms…
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‘Fake News’ Is The Word Of The Year
President Donald Trump is influencing language itself: the phrase ” fake news” has been declared the official Collins Dictionary Word of the Year for 2017….
‘George Soros Funding Black Hate Groups:’ Most Outrageous Facebook Fake News Headlines
Facebook and its Silicon Valley social media rivals are once again in “we’ll do better” mode after offering their largest figures yet on the hundreds…
US College Students Unveil Russian Propaganda With Chrome Extension, Bot
Executives from Facebook, Twitter and Google will testify before the U.S. … to do is keep our biases out of the algorithm. This is something…
Russian fake news reach massive: social media giants
US internet giants go before Congress on Tuesday with new data showing the success of Russian fake news operations, the day after bombshell indictments in…
Trump Slams Media, Downplays Russian Ads on Facebook
President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on the mainstream media and Hillary Clinton on Twitter Saturday. The president seemingly was responding to news reports about…
Trump’s ‘fake news’ claims are real, say 46 percent of voters in poll
WASHINGTON — It isn’t just President Donald Trump who thinks the media engages in “fake news” about him and his administration. A poll by Morning…
Solving the political ad problem with transparency
The American people used to get more information in common. sirtravelalot/Shutterstock.com Seth Copen Goldstein, Carnegie Mellon University Almost all the content and advertising on the…
Trump Doubles Down on Press Attacks With Hannity
President Donald Trump doubled down on his attacks against the press Wednesday night in an interview with Fox News. After threatening to take NBC News…
Trump threatens NBC’s broadcast licenses following critical stories
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, who has threatened press freedoms before, suggested Wednesday that NBC might lose its broadcast licenses following critical stories detailing his…