- BBC Games Helps Train Kids To Spot 'Fake News'
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, March 15, 2018
A new BBC iReporter game is helping to teach children how ...
- People More Responsive To 'Fake News,' Study Finds
Around the Net In Publishing, Gavin O'Malley - Sunday, March 11, 2018
Fake news is 70% more likely to be retweeted than real ne ...
- String Theories: Snopes For Dopes
MediaDailyNews, Tom Siebert - Monday, March 12, 2018
There are no superheroes in real life, and the best we've g ...
- MIT Researchers: 'Lies Spread Faster Than Truth'
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Sunday, March 11, 2018
To understand how false news -- especially "fake" political news -- spread ...
- If People Love Fake News, Should Marketers Care?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 12, 2018
A study by MIT says false news stories are 70% more like ...
- Fake News Travels 20 Times Faster Than The Truth, MIT Researchers Find
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, March 9, 2018
Fake news travels twenty times faster than the truth and real use ...
- 'New York Times' Tech Writer Calls Digital News 'Broken'
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, March 7, 2018
For about two months, New York Times tech writer Farhad Manjoo us ...
- ICO Tells 'Fake News' Enquiry Social Media Firms Need To Be More Transparent
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, March 8, 2018
The Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, told a committee of MPs investigating "fa ...
- Why NewsGuard, Aimed At Fighting Fake News, Won't Work
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, March 6, 2018
It's a good idea with great intentions. But not even the ...
- Brill, Crovitz Launch NewsGuard To Rate Sources, Fight Fake News
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, March 5, 2018
NewsGuard analysts will look at 7,500 news sites and assign green, yell ...
- How About A TV Moratorium On Trump's Tweets?
TV Watch, Fern Siegel - Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Despite the partisan climate, the president has a singular role to pla ...
- Facebook Still Limiting Fact-Checkers To Links
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, February 22, 2018
Allowing for the continued proliferation of fake and misleading news, Facebook ...
- Can Social Media Be Trusted Anymore?
MediaDailyNews, George Simpson - Thursday, February 22, 2018
At what point do Facebook and Twitter become more harmful to socie ...
- Facebook, YouTube Overrun With Florida Shooting Conspiracies
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Despite promises by top content-sharing sites to crack down on false a ...
- Twitter Is Fighting Fake 'Black Panther' Attack Tweets
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, February 21, 2018
On Twitter, people are posting fake accounts of being beaten by bla ...
- Can A Game Teach People About Fake News?
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Cambridge researchers have built an online game with the goal of teachi ...
- Trump Sources Facebook Ad Exec As Proof Russia Didn't Meddle
Marketing Politics Weekly, Joe Mandese - Saturday, February 17, 2018
President Donald Trump enlisted comments by Facebook Vice President-Ads Rob Goldman ...
- Get Real: Digital Media Should Run Local TV News
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, February 19, 2018
Facebook, Twitter and Google, just put down those potential news stories a ...
- Unilever Threatens To Pull Ads From Facebook, Google
Publishing Insider, Melynda Fuller - Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Last year, Unilever spent $9.4 billion on marketing-about a third of th ...
- "Fake News" Possible Benefit
Research Brief, Jack Loechner - Tuesday, February 13, 2018
"Fake news" has actually benefited the media, consumers and businesses alike, sa ...
- Unilever's Keith Weed Threatens A Boycott Of Sites That 'Breed Division'
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, February 12, 2018
Unilever CMO Keith Weed is taking aim at platforms that he sa ...
- Facebook Ups User Control Over News Feeds
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, February 9, 2018
Facebook is finally testing a "down vote" button in conversation threads. Wi ...
- Google, Facebook Deal With Ongoing Fake News Fallout
Publishing Insider, Melynda Fuller - Friday, February 9, 2018
The powers teaming up to stop fake news in its tracks-which see ...
- MPs Fly To America On Fake News Mission
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, February 8, 2018
The BBC is reporting that several MPs have travelled to the ...
- Fake News Mostly A Right-Wing Social Phenomenon
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Conspiratorial, low-quality content and fake news in the US is largely bei ...
- What Does More TV News Consumption Mean For Consumers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 30, 2018
TV viewers want to know more about current news. But given the ...
- 'Fake News' Enquiry Head Frustrated Over Twitter's Response On Russia
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, January 26, 2018
According to "The Telegraph," the MP handling the Government "fake news" enquir ...
- PM To Launch 'Fake News' Response Team
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, January 24, 2018
The Prime Minister is set to launch a "fake news" rapid respon ...
- Facebook Hopes To Neutralize Threats To Democracy
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, January 22, 2018
Continuing a process of public soul searching, Facebook is now pondering i ...
- In Fake-News Era, MPA Highlights Trusted Content
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Monday, January 22, 2018
"With fake news running rampant and marketers and consumers alike questioning conte ...