There are many reasons why the 2016 election turned out as it did. One reason, voter suppression, played a particularly central role in the outcome on November 8. It is … Read the whole story
Slate has created a Google Chrome extension called "This Is Fake" to flag fake news on Facebook. The epidemic has plagued the social-media platform, … Read the whole story
Veteran TV journalists looking to combat fake news need to start with the premise that the fight against untrue, completely false news stories, opinions … Read the whole story
Web sites circulating fake news continued to use the Google AdSense online advertising service as of December 12, nearly one month after Google announced … Read the whole story
"The New Celebrity Apprentice" is shaping up to be an oddity unique in the annals of television. At the very least, it is emerging … Read the whole story
In an effort to become more transparent in its dealings with the U.S. government, Google this week shared eight letters from the National Security … Read the whole story
In the third quarter, video viewing rose 37%, but ad views rose only 28% year over year. Short Olympics and election fare and "live" … Read the whole story
Erin Johnson, chief communications officer at WPP's J. Walter Thompson, scored a major victory today in her sex harassment and retaliation lawsuit against the … Read the whole story
The pushback against law enforcement monitoring of social media continued this week with an open letter from civil rights groups and privacy to the … Read the whole story
Aura Labs allegedly violated the FTC's endorsement guides when promoting an app that promised to let people use smartphones to monitor their blood pressure. Read the whole story