- Why Social Media Influence On The 2020 Election Will Look A Lot Like 2016
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, October 9, 2019
The Senate Intel Committee released a bipartisan report Tuesday on Russia's u ...
- CNN Declines Two Trump Campaign Ads Due To False Claims, Accepts One
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 3, 2019
CNN has turned down two Trump campaign ads -- one about presidenti ...
- Americans Feel Social Media Has Too Much Control Over News, Especially Republicans
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, October 2, 2019
As federal regulators and legislators contemplate the role of social media ...
- Facebook Won't Regulate Politicians' Information, Fake News
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Facebook is exempting politicians from its third-party fact-checking program. The program w ...
- Twitter Cracks Down On False Global Political Information
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, September 20, 2019
Twitter's latest cleanse encompasses 10,000+ accounts. More than 4,000 of these we ...
- BBC And Tech Giants Partner Up On Fake News
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, September 9, 2019
The BBC will partner with Facebook, Twitter and Google to set ...
- Fake News Or Censorship? The Nuanced Disinformation Battle
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Friday, August 23, 2019
In a week dominated by Hong Kong account deletions, research shows th ...
- Former Google Employee Exposes 'Blacklist,' Alleges Bias
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Conservative leaders released a letter calling on Google to explain allegations th ...
- How Brands Can Thrive Amid Consumer Distrust
MediaDailyNews, Brad Fay, Graeme Hutton - Monday, August 12, 2019
UM found low confidence in the perceived "truthfulness" of virtually every informati ...
- Study: 11% Of News Websites Spread False Health Information
Publishing Insider, - Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Much of the misinformation consists of unsubstantiated claims, such as how vaccin ...
- Alleged Fake Reviews, SEO At Center Of Brewing Legal Battle
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, July 25, 2019
A legal battle is brewing over fake reviews and SEO between t ...
- Fake News Battle Crucial As Gen Z Turns Off TV News
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, July 25, 2019
Parity reached between social and mainstream media means fake news must ...
- Secondary School Students To Get Lessons On 'Fake News'
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, July 15, 2019
"The Telegraph" is reporting that the Government is due to announce pa ...
- Jeremy Hunt Pledges GBP18m To Tackle Fake News
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Foreign Secretary and Conservative party leadership candidate Jeremy Hunt has pledged GBP1 ...
- Breaking Mass Shooting News Prompted Google To Tweak Algorithm
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, July 5, 2019
Former NASA research scientist Pandu Nayak, who joined Google 14 years ag ...
- Government And Social Media Sites Must Do More To Combat Fake News
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, July 1, 2019
Government proposals will not do enough to allay public anxiety over fa ...
- For Chyron Out Loud, How Cable News Is Abetting The Gaslighting Of America
Red, White & Blog, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, June 26, 2019
In the 887 days since he took office, the President has demonstrat ...
- Facebook Denies Russia Interfered With Brexit Vote
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, June 24, 2019
Sir Nick Clegg has insisted there is no evidence that Russia interfer ...
- An Estimated 11 Million Fake Business Listings On Google Maps
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, June 21, 2019
Despite its sophisticated algorithms and software engineers, Google struggles to protect again ...
- Harris Poll: 82% Of Consumers Want Brand Ads To Appear Near Safe, Accurate Content
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Two-thirds of Harris Poll respondents say they'd drop a brand if i ...
- Recode's Kara Swisher Talks Facebook, Regulation And Fake News
Publishers Daily, Sara Guaglione - Tuesday, June 18, 2019
The way that social platforms were built encourages "fake news, disinformation a ...
- Fake News Is A Concern, But Why Pay When Quality Is Free?
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, June 13, 2019
Brits are concerned about disinformation -- but only 9% pay for ne ...
- Brits Are Worried About Fake News, But Only 9% Pay For Quality Content
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, June 12, 2019
According to the latest research from the Reuters Institute at Oxford Universi ...
- Americans Deem 'Made-Up' News A Serious Problem, Say Journalists Responsible For Fixing It
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Americans consider "made-up news" a serious problem, ranking it ahead of viole ...
- Twitter Buys Machine-Learning Startup That Helps Detect Fake News
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, June 3, 2019
London-based Fabula applies machine-learning techniques to network-structured data. The new group wi ...
- Facebook Won't Delete Doctored Pelosi Video, YouTube Takes It Down
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, May 24, 2019
Facebook has only pledged to fiddle with its algorithm so fewer use ...
- Fake News Less Worrying Than Brexit Party's Diatribe
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, May 21, 2019
The bots are there ahead of Thursday's EU elections, but they ho ...
- Behind The Scenes With The EU's Fake News Debunkers
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, May 16, 2019
"The Guardian" has gone behind the scenes of teams carrying out fa ...
- The Deepfake Video Takes Disinformation To A New, Terrifying Level
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 13, 2019
Viewers can see a politician make a statement. But maybe that's n ...
- Full Fact Wins Google Fake News Grant
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, May 9, 2019
The fact-checking charity Full Fact has won a grant and AI coachi ...