Sentences with phrase «by spreading fake news»

The objective was still the same though: to buy cheap, force the coin to pump (now by spreading fake news about partnerships and other bullish signals) and then dumping at the top.

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When accusations were flying at Facebook for allegedly helping spread fake news about the 2016 US election, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded by saying the idea that Facebook had any serious impact on the election was a «crazy» one.

By forcing internet service providers to pull the plug on Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook, the government there hopes to stem the spread of hate speech and fake news it blames for attacks on the country's Muslim minority.

The IRA and other Russian - linked entities were also alleged by the DOJ to have spread fake news and misleading online advertising on social networks like Facebook (fb) and Twitter (twtr).

These include the spread of fake news by Russian trolls and the alleged exploitation of Facebook user data by political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The charges took specific aim at the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a notorious Russian «troll factory» which focused on sowing political discord during the 2016 election by using internet bots to spread fake news and pro-Donald Trump propaganda on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms.

In addition to spreading fake news, Russian Facebook accounts went one step further by organizing events, rallies, and protests, some of which galvanized dozens of people.

No matter how often radical periodicals denounced fake news published by their competitors, they found it difficult to suppress false information spread by powerful newswire companies like Hearst's International News Service, the United Press Associations and the Associated Prnews published by their competitors, they found it difficult to suppress false information spread by powerful newswire companies like Hearst's International News Service, the United Press Associations and the Associated PrNews Service, the United Press Associations and the Associated Press.

Facebook has for months faced an uproar among users whose complaints range from the spread of fake news to the use of the network to manipulate elections and the harvesting of 50 million people's Facebook data by the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

Washington, DC, March 21, 2018 — Barraged by accusations of spreading divisive fake news and amid new allegations that it handed over personal information on up to 50 million users without their consent, Facebook is losing the faith of the American people, according to a new Digital Citizens Alliance survey.

Now, the company is reportedly launching an internal probe of potential conservative bias and it will be led by a man who's spread fake news that just won't die.

A solution the pope proposes for combating fake news on an individual basis: Listen to diverse sources instead of engaging with homogenous news environments: «Praiseworthy efforts are being made to create educational programs aimed at helping people to interpret and assess information provided by the media, and teaching them to take an active part in unmasking falsehoods, rather than unwittingly contributing to the spread of disinformation.»

The president himself has been a longtime supporter of conspiracy theories often espoused by Alex Jones on InfoWars, a far - right website that deliberately spreads propaganda and disinformation masked as real news, or as the president would actually call it, fake news.

Aside from all the silliness about counter-campaigns being run by disgruntled DC fanboys, and haters trying to spread fake news stories about racial assaults at screenings, it's fair to say that Black Panther has gone down an absolute storm.

In an era where the alt - right has risen up once more in spite of history and Fake News is considered fact by too many, Holocaust deniers have new platforms to spread mistruths, this Bill seems a dangerous precedent for a country to set.

He is rightfully concerned that the free and open internet is being undermined by increasingly powerful digital gatekeepers, whose platforms can be manipulated by various organizations and even governments to spread malvertising and fake news.

In an era where the alt - right has risen up once more in spite of his - tory and Fake News is considered fact by too many, Holocaust de - niers have new platforms to spread mistruths, this Bill seems a dan - gerous precedent for a country to set.

Those users may then participate in spreading fake news or misinformation by sharing it on their timeline, in which case the advertising is no longer necessary.

Consider that most fake news shared on Facebook may have been disseminated by users, not publishers; yet, the newsfeed was censored in response to the spread of fake news [6].

Last November UK prime minister Theresa May publicly accused Russia of seeking to meddle in elections by weaponizing information and spreading fake news online.

Facebook, already facing deep questions over the use of its platform by those seeking to spread Russian propaganda and fake news, is facing a renewed backlash after the news about Cambridge Analytica.

Dropbox may not be mired by accusations of spreading fake news or mishandling personal user data, but it is growing in an environment tainted by a lack of employee diversity.

The Cambridge Analytica news is just the latest crisis for the social networking giant, which has been grappling with its role in the spreading of fake news and ads by Russian trolls, who last month were indicted for interfering with the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Facebook has for months faced an uproar among users whose complaints range from the spread of fake news to the use of the network to manipulate elections and the harvesting of 50 million people's Facebook data by the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

Under the measures proposed by the Indian government, anyone would be able to file a complaint against a journalist or organization suspected of spreading fake news.

In essence, the corporation is being accused of manipulating the results of that election, especially by harvesting protected personal data from Facebook and by making targeted posts on this and other social media platforms, including with the aim of discrediting other candidates and spreading fake news.

Facebook has sought to placate concerns about how fake news can spread on its platform by introducing various tools and processes intended to add more context around news content and / or try to limit the spread of fake news by hampering malicious actors.

The report accused RT News, which is funded by the Russian government, of being a «state - run propaganda machine,» which contributed to Kremlin - directed efforts to influence the 2016 election, occasionally by spreading «fake news» about then - candidate Hillary ClinNews, which is funded by the Russian government, of being a «state - run propaganda machine,» which contributed to Kremlin - directed efforts to influence the 2016 election, occasionally by spreading «fake news» about then - candidate Hillary Clinnews» about then - candidate Hillary Clinton.

In the past, Stamos has attempted to shift the blame for the spread of fake news on Facebook to the algorithm used by the company.