- 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 ...
- Google Applauded For Obeying GDPR On Political Ads?
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, November 21, 2019
As the tech giant announces it is ending political ad micro-targeting, Adla ...
- Study Finds 'Fake News' Has Real Cost: $78 Billion
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Brands lose about $235 million annually from unknowingly running ads alongside fa ...
- Trading News For Noise
Media Insider, Steven Rosenbaum - Monday, November 18, 2019
Even as the volume has increased, the depth and variety of informati ...
- No More Mr Nice Guy -- Papers Fight Back As The Cookie Crumbles
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Newspapers are not giving away data, but are moving to selling quali ...
- Boris Backing Corbyn? Brands Will Need Strong Ethics When Deepfakes Target Businesses
MAD London, Blaise Grimes-Viort - Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Deepfake technology has been unleashed in the election. What happens when it ...
- Twitter Drafts Policy To Battle Deepfakes
Social Media Insider, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Twitter will place a notice next to tweets that share synthetic ...
- Fake News Runs Rampant On Facebook As 2020 Election Looms
Publishing Insider, - Thursday, November 7, 2019
Almost two-thirds of the deceptive stories focused on either Democratic politicians ...
- Will Adobe Help Curb 'Fake News' As 2020 Election Looms?
Publishing Insider, - Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Adobe's framework is designed to let authors verify their content and he ...
- Forget Twitter Ads -- Politics' Social Problem Is Facebook Accountability
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, October 31, 2019
Twitter ads are a drop in the ocean compared to the la ...
- Could Fake News And Cyber Criminals Threaten December's Election?
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Finally we know there will be an election on December 12th. "T ...
- IPG To Launch Brandguard, Avoids Advertising On Fake News Sites
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, October 30, 2019
IPG Mediabrands has signed a deal with Newsguard to ensure that ...
- Yext Gets Creative, Launches First Major Ad Campaign With Spokesperson Todd Munion
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, October 29, 2019
The digital campaign, which runs through Jan. 2020, calls for C-suite exe ...
- Time To Apply The Same Standards To Politicians As We Do To KFC
Media Insider, Kaila Colbin - Friday, October 25, 2019
Facebook is driving the train on an ever-lengthening journey away from ...
- SPJ Florida Tries To Trademark 'Fake News'
Publishers Daily, Fern Siegel - Thursday, October 24, 2019
Appalled by Donald Trump's use of the term - 1,200 times sin ...
- Facebook Says It Is Ready For The Next General Election
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Facebook has told "The Telegraph" that it believes it has learned t ...
- Facebook Can Fight Fake News -- What About Fake Politicians?
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Facebook claims to be ready for an election -- but will i ...
- Warren Takes On Facebook's No-Fact-Check Policy
Media Insider, Steven Rosenbaum - Monday, October 14, 2019
Warren's team placed an ad on Facebook surely designed to be provocativ ...
- EU Announces Plans For Fact-Checking Hub
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, October 9, 2019
The EU has announced plans to launch a fact-checking service. "Press Gazett ...