- New Subcommittee Formed To Tackle Fake News
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, April 3, 2019
The Department of Culture Media and Sport committee has announced the formati ...
- Facebook Cracks Down On Foreign Fake News Campaigns
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Facebook removed 1,907 Facebook Pages, Groups and accounts for engaging in sp ...
- Thank You Mr. President For Making My Life Easier
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, March 13, 2019
As an easy way to save time and words, this week's colu ...
- Tim Berners-Lee Warns Of 'Nastiness And Misinformation' Spreading
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Tim Berners-Lee has marked the 30th anniversary of submitting his proposal f ...
- Brands Lose Up To An Estimated $50 Billion Annually From Ad Fraud
Digital News Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, March 5, 2019
About three-quarters of U.S. fraudulent advertising traffic is "sophisticated" invalid traffic, accordi ...
- European Commission Says Tech Giants Not Clear On Fake News
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, March 4, 2019
"Press Gazette" is reporting that the European Commission is accusing Facebook, Goog ...
- Facebook Accused Of Being Unclear On Fake News Clampdown
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, February 28, 2019
The European Commission is accusing Facebook of not being transparent on t ...
- Government Fake News Team Give The Funding Green Light
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, February 22, 2019
The Rapid Response Unit, set up by the Government to tackle fa ...
- Google Fights To Keep Information Accurate
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Google continues its mission to clean up misinformation from its search engin ...
- Quartz's Joy Robins Named Chief Revenue Officer, "The Washington Post"
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Robins will oversee The Post's sales divisions, as well as WP BrandStudio ...
- The Ideological Tech Trap
MediaDailyNews, George Simpson - Thursday, February 7, 2019
Digital newspapers already make it pretty easy to click (only) on t ...
- Facebook, Twitter Platforms Flooded With False Info
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, February 1, 2019
Top U.S. social networks remain the target of government-led misinformation specialists arou ...
- Facebook Reports $22B Profits -- At What Cost?
Media Insider, Steven Rosenbaum - Monday, February 4, 2019
Today is Facebook's 15th birthday -- a good time to look ...
- EU Commissioner Blasts Facebook As 'Patchy' On Fake News
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Ahead of May's EU elections, for which Facebook has promised to cla ...
- Nick Clegg Vows Facebook Will Take On Fake News Before EU Elections
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Nick Clegg has vowed Facebook is building a Dublin-based "war room" ...
- Microsoft Allies With NewsGuard On Flawed News Ratings
Publishing Insider, - Thursday, January 17, 2019
Microsoft signed on as the first major client of NewsGuard, a start ...
- The Truth And Nothing But The Truth (In Media)
Media Insider, Cory Treffiletti - Wednesday, January 16, 2019
What exactly is "truth" anymore, and how does that word apply ...
- Facebook Launches UK Fact-Checking Partnership
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, January 11, 2019
Facebook has announced that it is to use the Full Fact fa ...
- Study: Older Republicans Likelier To Spread Fake News On Facebook
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, January 10, 2019
Researchers at NYU and Princeton 11% of those 65 and older sha ...
- Searching For Authenticity When 'Everything Is Fake'
Publishing Insider, - Friday, January 4, 2019
Fake internet activity may have reached the breaking point in 2018 ...
- Facebook Vows To Clean Up Bad Ads And Malicious Activity
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Rob Leathern, Facebook director of product management, posted several tweets recently th ...
- 'Der Spiegel' Suspends Top Editors Amid Fake News Investigation
Publishers Daily, Melynda Fuller - Monday, December 31, 2018
Editor-in-chief Ullrich Fichtner and chief editor Matthias Geyer have been suspended. Th ...
- Going Russian: Importing Rogue Political Media Plans
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Russian trolls must now be proud. So many of their fake ne ...
- 2018: Tumultuous Year In News, Technology
Media Insider, Steven Rosenbaum - Monday, December 24, 2018
It's been a volatile year in tech, as crosscurrents and political upheava ...
- 'Der Spiegel' Story On Rural America Isn't Fact-Checked, Loaded With Inaccuracies
Publishing Insider, - Monday, December 24, 2018
A former 'Der Spiegel' reporter is charged with numerous accounts of journalist ...
- Trust Remains Biggest Roadblock To Grow Online Purchases
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, December 20, 2018
While consumers are spending more online, many have concerns about counterfeit product ...
- 'Der Spiegel' Admits Top Writer Made Up Stories
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, December 20, 2018
The highly respected German news magazine "Der Spiegel" (meaning The Mirror) h ...
- Is Google Politically Biased?
Media Insider, Gord Hotchkiss - Tuesday, December 18, 2018
As a company, the answer is almost assuredly yes. But are sear ...
- Information Warfare Comes Home
Media Insider, Steven Rosenbaum - Monday, December 3, 2018
Warriors are "professional, state-employed cyberwarriors and seasoned amateur guerrillas pursuing very well-defin ...
- Russian 'News' Company Sues Facebook
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 21, 2018
"Facebook, while claiming to protect the public from 'fake news,' is actual ...