Sentences with phrase «evidence about fake news»

Executives from large technology firms could be called to appear in front of British lawmakers as they continue gathering evidence about fake news and data practices in the wake of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, a member of parliament (MP) told CNBC Wednesday.

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Just when an evidence - based debate about American war involvement was most needed, fake news poisoned the well.

Arsenal outperform relative to their spend, there is a lot of misinformation (the term «fake news» was not used) about Arsenal's transfer targets and players for sale in the media — but the club have a policy of not denying anything, and Three FA Cups in four seasons is evidence of success.

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Assange, who was approached by the Cambridge Analytica CEO about Hillary Clinton's missing emails in 2016, also tweeted at the committee, offering to give evidence to the fake news inquiry.

Some U.S. lawmakers, increasingly alarmed over evidence that hackers used the internet to spread fake news and otherwise influence last year's election, have been pushing for more information about social networks.

The Cambridge Analytica scandal follows earlier controversies about «fake news» and evidence that Russia tried to influence US voters via Facebook.