Facebook fake news detection hitting publishers in the pocketbook fake news August 3, 2017August 3, 20170 An online news publisher who profits from distributing fake news says a new Facebook alert algorithm is hurting his business. Paul Horner, who owns more than a dozen fake news domains, last month posted a false story that reported that President Trump signed an executive order allowing the hunting of bald
Policing ‘fake news’ would be unconstitutional, fraught with peril fake news July 19, 20170 Exposure to fake news has become an everyday occurrence in the lives of people around the globe. One U.S. senator thinks something needs to be done about it. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Virginia), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, spoke to CBS's Face the Nation Sunday morning: JOHN DICKERSON (host): You-
Reports reveal Trump published ‘fake news’ of his own Donald Trump fake news June 28, 20170 "Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes." Those are the immortal words of Buck Murdock, played by William Shatner, in the classic 1982 movie, "Airplane II." They apply today to the president of the United States. Six of his last seven tweets, as of 12:15 p.m. Central time Wednesday, June 28, 2017,
Study: ‘Fake news’ twice as influential as fact-checking sites fake news June 20, 20170 A study released this week by a University of Colorado researcher shows that websites that post "fake news" are twice as influential in America than fact-checking sites such as Politifact and Snopes. Fake news websites — sites that look credible but are not actually real media organizations, according to assistant professor
How much does ‘fake news’ cost? fake news June 13, 20170 A very interesting report released today reveals the business operations that have been set up to distribute and increase virality of fake news. The business operations cited in the report by TrendMicro are in Russia, China and in the Middle East. The report is entitled, "The Fake News Machine: How Propagandists