- Should Spreading COVID-19 Fake News Be An Offence?
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, April 3, 2020
As Conservative MP Damian Collins helped to launch a fact-checking website f ...
- Is COVID-19 The UK's Fake News Moment?
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Friday, April 3, 2020
Social media regulation is already being considered. Surely the Government will co ...
- Bots Take On Human Behavior, As Google, Facebook Work To Stop Misinformation
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 3, 2020
Advanced bots make it easy to exploit platforms and spread disinformation abo ...
- Government Unit Finds COVID-19 Fake News Read More Than NHS Content
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, March 30, 2020
A fact-checking unit set up by the Government is tackling ten ...
- COVID-19 Misinformation Sites Monetised By Google
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, March 30, 2020
"Press Gazette" reveals new research has found Google is inadvertently monetising fa ...
- 'Trump Health Bombshell': Pro-Prez E-Letter Raises Funds, Carries Cure-All Ads
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 30, 2020
One ad implies that the President has benefitted from a purported st ...
- Lies, Damn Lies And COVID-19 Fake News
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Monday, March 30, 2020
We must applaud our key workers, but also call out the growi ...
- Social News Consumers Least Likely To Read About COVID-19
Publishing Insider, - Thursday, March 26, 2020
People who mostly depend on social media for news only make ...
- Twitter Bans Misinformation On COVID-19
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, March 20, 2020
Twitter has widened its rules on banned content to include anything th ...
- Government Works With Big Tech Companies To Tackle Coronavirus Fake News
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
The Government is working with Google, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to tack ...
- James Murdoch Launches Accelerator To Tackle Fake News
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Friday, March 6, 2020
"The Telegraph" brings news that James Murdoch has set up an accelerat ...
- New Worry: Covid-19 Scams That Carry Their Own Kind Of Viruses
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, March 5, 2020
Cybersecurity firm Check Point reports a big uptick in phony domains a ...
- Standards To Combat Fake Reviews Needed As Trust Erodes
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, March 6, 2020
Nearly three-quarters of consumers want the retail industry to set new standar ...
- Twitter Tests Feature To Correct Fake Information
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, February 21, 2020
Under the headline "Harmfully Misleading," the box includes the following warning: "Twitt ...
- No, It's Not A Deepfake. Yes, The Language Matters
Media Insider, Kaila Colbin - Friday, February 14, 2020
Trump co-opted the term "fake news," so let's be careful with "deepfake ...
- How Blockchain Technology Might Battle 'Fake News'
Publishing Insider, - Thursday, January 23, 2020
"Deepfake" videos that swap out a person's face with someone else's a ...
- Consumers Seek Belief-Driven Brands As Income Inequality Undercuts Trust
Research Intelligencer, - Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Most consumers worldwide said the media they use are contaminated with untrustwort ...
- Journalists Give Highest Marks To Twitter, Google For Combating Disinformation
Marketing Politics Weekly, Joe Mandese - Friday, January 10, 2020
Publishers of journalism worldwide give the highest marks to Twitter for combati ...
- Russian Entrepreneur Takes On Google, Yandex To Stop Disinformation
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Yuri Mosha, who runs a consultancy in New York for Russians wanti ...
- Media Bosses Agree They Should Challenge Political 'Half Truths'
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, January 13, 2020
In the wake of Boris' commanding general election victory last month, med ...
- Why I Don't Miss Fakebook, Er, I Mean Facebook
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Thursday, January 9, 2020
It's been nearly two years since I deactivated Facebook and I don ...
- Facebook Bans Deepfake Videos, 'Cheapfakes' Continue
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Facing a House hearing on digital deception this week, Facebook says ...
- Facebook Boosts Fact Checkers' Abilities To Identify Misinformation
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Alongside community reviewers flagging stories, Facebook's machine-learning model will identify potential misinformati ...
- Reuters, Facebook Journalism Project Team To Spot Manipulated Media
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, December 17, 2019
The two are launching a free, online course to help newsrooms sp ...
- How Google Helps Spread Fake News For 1%ers
Publishing Insider, - Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Google has enormous power over how readers discover digital content. Unfortunately, t ...
- BBC And ITV Apologise Over Repeating Fake Punch News
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Both the BBC and ITV have apologised for tweeting claims that ...
- Repeating Debunked News Stories On TV Is Dangerous
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 10, 2019
One news story may report that another news story is false. A ...
- Brits Are Worried By Fake News But Reluctant To Pay For Stories
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Nearly two in three Brits are worried about fake news, YouGov figur ...
- Why Fake News Fears Will Not Lead To Spike In Subscriptions
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Yes, Brits are worried by fake news but with so much quali ...
- Do Not Conflate Mistakes With Fake News
MediaDailyNews, George Simpson - Thursday, November 21, 2019
There's a big difference between "fake news" (that which is created ...