- Political Leanings Affect News Habits, Opinions On Mail-In Voter Fraud
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Friday, September 18, 2020
The differing perceptions about the reliability of mail-in voting are worrisome, given that any inkling of ballot fraud could undermine any candidate's claim to victory. ...
- How Ted Cruz's Dad Ended A Presidency (No, Not That One)
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Thursday, September 10, 2020
It's fitting that analog media like books and newspapers may be the undoing of this Presidency, given the way Russia and Cambridge Analytica utilized sophisticated, illicit methods to turn our ...
- Facebook's Crackdown On Disguised News Has Pitfalls
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Thursday, August 13, 2020
One of the more miserable side effects of the loss of local newspapers is the rush to fill the void with partisan websites that pose as local publications. ...
- Consumers Of Print Media Tend To Be Best Informed About News
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Tuesday, August 4, 2020
One of the more worrisome findings in the Pew report is how susceptible social-media users are to fake news claims. ...
- As Deepfakes Get Better, The Onus Is On Us To Determine Trustworthiness
Media Insider, Kaila Colbin - Friday, July 31, 2020
Deepfakes have become terrifyingly good, as in a video of Nixon delivering the speech he would have given if the moon lander had crashed. ...
- FTC's Chopra Says Congress May Need To Revisit Tech Companies' 'Privileges'
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 16, 2020
Congress may need 'to reassess the special privileges afforded to tech platforms, especially given their vast power to curate and present content in ways that may manipulate users,' FTC Commissioner ...
- Millennials, Gen Z: What They Really Think About Today's News
Marketing Insider, Paul Neto - Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Social media has long been blamed for falsely spreading "fake news," but Gen Z-ers and millennials are taking it all in with a grain of salt. ...
- Fox News Site Removes Digitally Altered Protest Photos After Newspaper's Inquiry
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, June 15, 2020
An image of a masked man with an assault weapon was added to two photos in the site's coverage of Seattle's largely peaceful "autonomous zone" protests, and a photo of ...
- Biden Demands Facebook Ban Election Misinformation, Including False Ads
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, June 12, 2020
Biden's social media/petition campaign, dubbed #MoveFastFixIt," demands that Facebook prevent candidates and PACs from using paid ads to spread lies and misinformation, particularly within two weeks of the election, as ...
- Ad Campaign Calls For Google Breakup As Alphabet Shareholder Meeting Begins
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Freedom From Facebook & Google has launched a digital ad campaign targeting Google employees, investors and analysts, and is now calling for the breakup of the company Larry Page and ...
- We Need A New Facebook For The Rest of Us
MediaDailyNews, George Simpson - Thursday, May 28, 2020
To everyone who is NOT a Trumper, Nazi, racist or fascist: Close down your account and wait for someone else to open "Facebook II." ...
- Fox News Defeats Lawsuit Over COVID-19 Comments
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Siding with Fox News, a judge in Washington state has thrown out a lawsuit accusing the cable channel of violating a consumer protection law by allegedly spreading false information about ...
- Twitter Dodges Demands To Discipline Trump
Social Media Insider, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, May 27, 2020
The latest problem involves Trump tweeting baseless theories that MSNBC "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough murdered a woman in 2001. ...
- Zuckerberg Defends Facebook Over COVID-19 Fake News Fears
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, May 22, 2020
Mark Zuckerberg has taken to the airwaves via "BBC News' to defend Facebook's handling of misinformation on COVID-19. The Facebook founder went further by saying the social media giant was ...
- Fake News Case 'Cannot Proceed In An American Court,' Fox Tells Judge
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 21, 2020
A lawsuit accusing the cable network of spreading false information about COVID-19 is barred by the First Amendment, Fox News told a Seattle judge at a hearing Thursday morning. ...
- Puerto Rico Fake News Law Faces Challenge
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 20, 2020
A new Puerto Rico law criminalizing "fake news" about emergencies like COVID-19 is unconstitutional, two journalists say in a lawsuit brought Wednesday. ...
- Fox News Presses Judge To Throw Out Claims Over COVID-19 Commentary
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, May 18, 2020
Fox News is slamming a Washington state nonprofit's "dangerous" and "frivolous" argument that it's entitled to proceed with a lawsuit accusing Fox of spreading false information about COVID-19. ...
- WSJ Identifies Thousands Of Links On Google That Vanished
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, May 15, 2020
A copyright claim citing a 1998 law led Google to make unfavorable articles vanish. ...
- Sinclair Hid Paid Advertising - And Paid A High Price For The Deception
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 11, 2020
The big TV station group was fined $48 million by the FCC for three different actions. ...
- NewsGuard Identifies 10 'Super-Spreaders' Of COVID-19 Untruths
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Friday, May 8, 2020
Just as the coronavirus has "super-spreaders," inaccurate reporting has carriers that are possibly dangerous. ...
- 'Fake News' President's 'Trust' Falls To Lowest Level Yet, Lags Biden 4-to-1
Marketing Politics Weekly, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
After years of calling America's major news outlets "fake news," the President's own TV news brand has actually crumbled, while a first-time benchmark for Democratic opponent Joe Biden comes in ...
- MPs Blast Tech Giants' Response To COVID-19 Fake News
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, May 1, 2020
MPs have blasted the tech giants for a lack of acceptable answers for how they are fighting COVID-19 misinformation, "The Guardian" reports. ...
- Are Deep Fake Ads Coming To Traditional TV?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Consider State Farm's ad, via ESPN, about the 1988 Chicago Bulls season. ...
- Government Tackles 70 COVID-19 Fake News Stories Per Week
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, April 23, 2020
The team set up by the Government to tackle COVID-19 misinformation is currently rebutting around 70 fake news stories a week, "Press Gazette" reveals. ...
- More Than 400 Online COVID-19 Scam Shops Closed Down
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, April 21, 2020
The National Cyber Security Centre has told the "BBC" it has shut down more than 400 online shops selling fake coronavirus equipment. The Centre believes it has, in total, disrupted ...
- Facebook Points Fake News Likers To WHO's COVID-19 Page
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, April 17, 2020
Facebook is to roll out posts pushing people to check out factual information offered by the World Health Organisation. "The Guardian" reports that the social media giant will put the ...
- Facebook Alerts Users To COVID-19 Misinformation
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, April 16, 2020
The move is part of a much larger effort to slow the spread of false COVID-19 reports. Messages will direct users to more accurate information. ...
- Facebook Sues Software Developer For Allegedly Circumventing Ad Review Filters
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 9, 2020
Facebook has sued the founder of LeadCloak for allegedly enabling advertisers to circumvent the social networking service's filters, in order to run deceptive ads related to COVID-19, pharmaceuticals, fake news ...
- Prominent Figures Filling Apps With Fake News
Mobile Insider, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Researchers found misinformation from prominent figures made up 20% of the claims in their sample, although it accounted for 69% of total social media engagement. ...
- Fox News Sued Over COVID-19 Commentary
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 6, 2020
Fox's "malicious misrepresentation and false information deprived the public of information necessary to prevent and mitigate transmission of the virus," the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics writes in ...
