- Social Net To Launch With Misinformation Filter, Touts A Brighter Future
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, October 12, 2021
In a deal with NewsGuard, Bright will launch later this year in the U.S. and U.K. ...
- YouTube Clamps Down On Anti-Vax Videos
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 29, 2021
In a new crackdown on vaccine misinformation, YouTube on Wednesday removed video channels of prominent vaccine critics, including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, who founded the group Children's Health
Defense. ...
- Mozilla Tags TikTok In Misinformation Struggle
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, September 17, 2021
TikTok is struggling with misinformation. The platform removed nearly 350,000 videos with misinformation about the U.S. 2020 presidential election, and more than 50,000 videos about false COVID-19
information. ...
- Facebook, Google Profit Off 'Abortion Reversal' Ads Served To Minors, Study Shows
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, September 16, 2021
A report by The Center for Countering Digital Hate estimates advertisers have paid Facebook up to $140,667 to run "abortion reversal" ads since Jan. 2020. Facebook has a policy banni ...
- Teaching, Preaching And Screeching: What's Wrong With Vaccine Messaging
MediaDailyNews, James Forr - Tuesday, September 14, 2021
It is perplexing, given our knowledge of decision-making, that public health leaders still insist the key to persuasion is endless repetition of facts. ...
- An 'MRC' For Disinformation
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Should someone accredit the veracity of data that marketers use to ascertain the veracity of the content they advertise in? ...
- Let's Talk About Trust
Media Insider, Steven Rosenbaum - Monday, September 13, 2021
Faction -- the more salacious, the better -- often draws an audience far more effectively than its boring, fact-based brethren. ...
- Public Trust In Media Declines Amid Wider Partisan Divide
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Wednesday, September 8, 2021
The finding highlights the need for fact-based journalism to counter online misinformation, propaganda and fake news. ...
- All The COVID News That's Unfit To Print: 519 And Counting
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, September 8, 2021
About 7.7% of news/information domains are publishing misinformation related to the pandemic. How many brands are sponsoring that? ...
- Public Willingness To Restrict Online Freedom Is Worrisome
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Monday, August 23, 2021
The portion of U.S. adults who say the federal government should adopt measures to restrict false information grew to 48% this year from 39% in 2018, according to Pew Resea ...
- Facebook Reports Content Improvement, Concedes 'There Is No Perfect Here'
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Facebook released its Community Standards Enforcement Report for Q2 and its first 'Widely Viewed Content Report," which allows anyone to see what publicly shared content is garnering the most engageme ...
- Facebook Allows Republican Fundraising Ads Falsely Linking COVID Surge To Migrants
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, August 11, 2021
The ads' central claim has been rejected by doctors and fact-checkers, notes "The Washington Post." ...
- Why The Ad Industry Needs More Of A Collective Consciousness
RTBlog, Joe Mandese - Monday, August 9, 2021
It's little surprise that programmatic advertising underwrites lots of nefarious activities, including ad fraud, organized crime and publishers of misinformation. But who knew it was all being funded by legitima ...
- Some Display Ad Spend Supports Misinformation Sites
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Friday, August 6, 2021
Advertisers are spending $2.6 billion a year on websites that publish false information such as "anti-vaccine myths, election misinformation" while undermining support for credible journalism, a study
finds. ...
- YouTube Suspends Sky News Australia For COVID Misinformation
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Monday, August 2, 2021
The media outlet's site apologized for old videos that violate YouTube's policy against COVID misinformation, but denied that its hosts have denied COVID's existence. ...
- Apple, Google, Facebook: Regulation Roller Coaster Could Lead To China-Like Moves In U.S.
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, July 26, 2021
"We're on the verge of having platforms and companies so powerful and so influential in the political process that they're ungovernable," Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Romer told Bloomberg. He expec ...
- Search: WHO's Next Step To Rid The Web Of Misinformation
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, July 23, 2021
"We pour out too much content," says Christopher Strebel, manager of DCX, World Health Organization during a virtual conversation with Yext founder Howard Lerman. "About 1,000 pieces of content a ...
- Judge Throws Out Vaccine Critics' 'Censorship' Lawsuit Against Facebook
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 1, 2021
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr's Children's Health Defense against Facebook over its policies regarding vaccine-related posts. ...
- Publicis Integrates 'Disinformation' Ratings Into Programmatic Buys, To Power Public Health Campaign
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, May 25, 2021
In a major endorsement of news veracity rating system NewsGuard, Publicis Groupe has agreed to incorporate its ratings into two aspects of its organization: blacklisting fake news sites programmatically, a ...
- Cancel 'Red, White & Blog,' Please!
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, May 19, 2021
I only ask because I'm growing weary of the harangue of Fox News "media relations" execs kvetching when I express my views that advertisers are culpable in all the dama ...
- Contextual Ad Net Begins Filtering Publishers For Fake COVID News, Other Misinformation
MediaDailyNews, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, May 12, 2021
In response to advertisers voicing concerns about their ads showing up in fake news about the COVID-19 pandemic and other vital issues, seminal contextual ad-targeting platform GumGum has integrated ...
- You Don't Need To Be A Weatherman To Know The Veracity Of Fox News Blows
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, May 12, 2021
On the eve of Fox News' upfront ad pitch, a top Wall Street analyst took a jab at the network's contribution to Fox Corp.'s overall value in a note ...
- NextGen TV May Be Able To Fact-Check News Content
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 23, 2021
Some reports suggest ATSC 3.0 might also be a tool to identify fake news and distinguish it from the real stuff. ...
- 'Editor & Publisher' Plays April Fool's Joke On Readers
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, April 2, 2021
Publication says it is acquiring the Gannett newspaper chain. ...
- New Tool Helps Ad Buyers Choose Sites That Reflect A Company's Values
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, March 30, 2021
NewsGuard offers both inclusion and exclusion capabilities for programmatic advertisers. ...
- Attorneys General Urge Facebook And Twitter To Ban Anti-Vaxxers
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Facebook and Twitter should more aggressively combat misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, 12 attorneys general say in letters to the companies. ...
- Google Blocked 99 Million Fake COVID-19 Ads
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, March 17, 2021
The blocked topics range from fake miracle cures and vaccine doses to counterfeit N95 masks. Google's annual Ads Safety Report detailed the company's 2020 efforts to combat misinformation. ...
- House Democrats Pressure Facebook Over Ads For Weapons Accessories
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 8, 2021
"We strongly believe Facebook has a moral obligation to take action regarding ads that stoke aggression," the lawmakers said. ...
- Computer Repair Shop Owner Revives Battle With Twitter Over Hunter Biden Email Story
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 2, 2021
A computer repair shop owner is pressing to move forward with a defamation lawsuit against Twitter over its handling of a factually disputed "New York Post" story regarding President J ...
- Study: Americans Worry About Fake News Exposure
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Truth and facts are no longer objective; they depend on ideology. Pew reports that many voters rely on "divergent media ecosystems." ...
