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against fake news which is why we support efforts to educate audiences on how to stay critical and informed.
Not exact matches
Germany,
which is also working to fight
fake news, has considered fines
against companies like Google and Facebook for allowing the
fake news to be published, but Google and Facebook argue that they're not producing the
fake news, they're just a place to publish the
news.
The outburst came at the end of a week during
which the US leader railed
against major
news organizations as «
fake news,» before launching a crude personal attack on Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, who headline the «Morning Joe» program on the left - leaning MSNBC cable network.
Needless to say, a historical drama directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep is pretty much the Platonic ideal of awards season wild cards, even before you factor in the extent to
which a movie about the journalists who declassified the Pentagon Papers might dovetail with current events (every vote is a vote
against «
fake news»).
Suddenly, we seem to live in a time dominated by «
fake news», «alternative facts», conspiracy theories, scepticism of scientific research, partial accounts parading as «the real truth
which has hitherto been concealed from us, the people», revolts
against allegedly smug academic elites and distant political elites — a time where YouTube videos claiming research into climate change to be a scam get far more viewers than videos presenting the science of climate change.
Donald Trump refers to much of the sexual allegations cases as «
fake news»,
which is the usual comment for denial on most accusations
against him.
A suit
against Trump could also implicate Presidential immunity doctrines
which are more robust than immunity doctrines for other public officials, particularly if the «
fake news» comment could be construed as part of the official duties of the President (for
which there is absolute immunity) as opposed to his unofficial duties.
The battle
against fake news could be getting even more difficult with advertisements for toolkits increasingly claiming to include built in features that bypass captcha methods,
which were initially brought in to prevent bots and automated scripts from posting advertisements indiscriminately across these platforms.
So far, it has fact - checkers to flag false
news reports in News Feed, for example, and the company said it had «taken action» against 30,000 accounts fake accounts in France, which is currently in the midst of its own heated elect
news reports in
News Feed, for example, and the company said it had «taken action» against 30,000 accounts fake accounts in France, which is currently in the midst of its own heated elect
News Feed, for example, and the company said it had «taken action»
against 30,000 accounts
fake accounts in France,
which is currently in the midst of its own heated election.
This new discovery certainly goes
against his initial comments, in
which he said the idea that
fake news on Facebook helped Trump win was «crazy.»