Bing Follows Google, Adds Fact Check Tags To Search Results
Following Google’s steps, Bing announced Friday it will include fact-checking labels in its search results. Bing’s new “Fact Check” label feature will help internet surfers…
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Can taking down websites really stop terrorists and hate groups?
It’s very hard to cut extremists off from the internet. ADragan/Shutterstock.com Thomas Holt, Michigan State University; Joshua D. Freilich, City University of New York, and…
How the Truth Can Get Damaged in a Hurricane, Too
The disinformation and falsehoods that can accompany breaking news online — involving terror attacks or national elections — have become a familiar plague in recent…
‘Is truth overrated?’ What the experts say
Is speaking some evil really so bad? VMKphotos/shutterstock Daniel Klyn, University of Michigan; Christopher Beem, Pennsylvania State University; Maryanne Reed, West Virginia University, and Troy…
Facebook Fact Checkers Claim Company Is Withholding Information: Report
After the presidential election in November, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had said that his company was committed to fighting fake news. But the fact-checkers enlisted…
‘Post-truth’ media really is shifting the news agenda – and more subtly than it seems
Proceed with caution. Gil C via Shutterstock Precious N Chatterje-Doody, University of Manchester As stories of Russian “information warfare” in various Western countries continue to…
Top UN Official Says Trump May be Inciting Violence Against News
The highest-ranking U.N. human rights official is warning U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated criticisms of the news media could incite violence against journalists. Trump has…
Russian Bots Are Starting to Attack Republican Party
Russian-linked bots and trolls have caused a surge in use of the hashtag #ResignPaulRyan on Twitter over the last 48 hours, just as the Republican…
‘Frondeurs’ and fake news: how misinformation ruled in 17th-century France
Louis XIV ‘confesses his sins’ to Pere de la Chaize, 1694. Anon Linda Kiernan, Trinity College Dublin We are in the midst of a information…
Facebook’s Related Articles To Counter Spread Of Fake News
Facebook announced it is broadly rolling out its Related Articles feature on the News Feed to counter fake news. Related Articles will now appear underneath…