Sentences with phrase «fake news stories on»

Flagbearer of Ghana Freedom Party, Madam Akua Donkor has rained curses on those who recently planted fake news stories on various news portals over her alleged plea for pardon of two panelists and host of Montie FM, Mugabe who were incarcerated for contempt charges.

Unfortunately, there are more hoaxes and fake news stories on the internet than ever before.

In 2016, Techonomy is where Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg famously said fake news stories on Facebook influencing the...

Nearly 9 - in - 10 Americans (87 %) believe that outside groups are trying to plant fake news stories on social media sites like Facebook and YouTube.

Facebook faced criticism in the last couple of months that it did not do enough to tackle the problem of fake news stories on its platform during the U.S. presidential campaign.

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Although Facebook (fb) has downplayed the prevalence of fake news on its service, it's been steadily creating initiatives and debuting new technology to curtail bogus news stories.

On a morning when President Donald Trump suggested the cancellation of NBC's broadcasting license because of stories he deemed «fake,» presidential advisor Kellyanne Conway called for «a full and free press» and said she doesn't use the term «fake news.»

«You know, personally, I think the idea that fake news on Facebook — it's a very small amount of the content — influenced the election in any way is a pretty crazy idea,» he told Techonomy founder David Kirkpatrick, author of «The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company that is Connecting the World.»

Even if Facebook does want to stamp out fake news, it has to rely on human beings to flag those stories as hoaxes.

On Thursday, Facebook announced a plan to deal with the proliferation of fake news: Third - party fact - checkers will flag what they think are false stories, and then Facebook will decide whether or not to demote them in people's News Fenews: Third - party fact - checkers will flag what they think are false stories, and then Facebook will decide whether or not to demote them in people's News FeNews Feeds.

Defending Facebook against charges that its algorithm promoted fake news stories that may have influenced the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, Zuckerberg implied that the company can only go so far without compromising on its commitment to neutrality.

If Facebook and Google crack down on «fake news» sites, the Microsoft researcher argues, those who have an interest in generating that kind of content will find ways around the restrictions, as many already have by using visual «memes» instead of links to news stories.

They've included mandatory daily terrorism stories, hit pieces on Hillary Clinton, and forceful denunciations of «fake news,» a term with which we are all by now deeply familiar.

Democrat Martin O'Malley received some unwanted attention on Thursday for citing a fake story from a satirical news site to underscore a point about the revolving door between Wall Street and Washington.

Yet the US involvement was incongruous with president Trump's own stances, who questioned former president Barack Obama's birthplace for years without evidence, threw doubt on the accuracy of stories in US media outlets, and even doled out «fake news awards» in January to reputable news companies including the New York Times and Washington Post.

To publish these types of stories, you probably will need to have a large, yet nimble team to make sure you aren't missing out on breaking news, as well as someone to fact - check so you don't break fake stories and hurt your credibility.

What's next: Facebook, already dealing with a backlash over fake news stories and Russian meddling in the election, has another PR crisis on its hands centered on its advertising machine, which brought in $ 39.9 billion in revenue in 2017.

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Like most fake news stories, it wasn't based on any real events of facts, but is a work of complete fiction meant to fool readers in order to generate clicks and social media shares.

Tomorrow evening, Jan. 2, barring any late - breaking big news stories, ABC's 20/20 is set to air an episode featuring segments on long - term (extended) breastfeeding, as well as home birth (both with and without midwives), serial surrogates (women that have numerous babies for other women), «fake babies» (life - like dolls), and orgasmic birth.

In their analysis they suggested «that top fake election news stories generated more total engagement on Facebook than top election stories» from other serious outlets.

Donald Trump continues to smash fake news on rallies and speeches, meanwhile news (whether fake or not, you can decide yourself) are slamming the president with one story after another.

His tweet came hours after Trump addressed a conservative conference where he wailed on the media about reporting fake news and the use of unnamed sources in stories.

Retweet chains discussing true news stories (green) took longer, on average, to reach the same number of people as conversations about fake news (red).

The story is making the rounds after getting first published on NewsWatch33.com, a fake news site.

On Friday, Fox apologized for using fake news stories to promote the film.

Fake news: Gossip Cop officially confirmed the story was a fabrication on Saturday with Theroux's spokesperson (pictured with Paul Rudd in 2015)

In our digital world, where anyone with a little know - how can post unverified stories online and frame them as fact, when solid web design can make an advertisement seem like an article, and the question of what is and what is not «fake news» seems to come up on a daily basis, how do young people — «digital natives» — vet all the information in front of them?

Most people don't write well, or hate to write or are just to busy and / or distracted to take the time to write business letters, instruction manuals, a truly good novel, copy that gets results, news stories fake or otherwise, tech manuals, spec sheets, non-fiction books on any subject, erotica, science fiction stories and books, science article, magazine articles and blog posts by the millions.

He's working on a new picture book, The Nantucket Sea Monster: A Fake News Story.

Then there were the fake news stories from Roger Harrabin on Jan 18th,... Continue reading →

From false stories causing havoc, all the way to a doctored photo twisting the truth; no matter where untruthful stories sit on the spectrum of lies, fake news in the past has ruined people's lives.

In a story reminiscent of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's fake news conference last October, a Connecticut law firm and its PR consultant are coming under fire for a staged «news» program airing on public - access TV.

John Oliver dives into the topic on Last Week Tonight, compiling 25 years of news stories about how terrible these companies are and proposing a few fake, awful companies that he hopes will be confused with Equifax, TransUnion, and Experian.

It's no wonder that they're reliant on viral marketing campaigns, like GoT's mostly - failed «dragon attack» in Union Square, or Silicon Valley hijacking Google Posts for fake - real news stories.

The company waged a global fight against fake news by cracking down on tens of thousands of fraudulent accounts, partnering with fact checkers and running full - page ads in newspapers with tips to spot fabricated stories.

The standards also help clarify if the story is news or opinion, as well as who owns the news site publishing the story, and other information that can help a reader understand whether the story is fake news or based on authentic, factual journalism.

In the aftermath of a deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school on 14 February 2018, a fake screenshot of a Buzzfeed News story arguing that white people should have their guns taken away spread online.

The combination of a «whistleblower» with pink hair, a huge botched job by FB, quite clever coordination with the New York Times which has a very strong incentive to blame Facebook for Trump (rather than their own coverage of Hillary's emails and so on, which dwarfed all «fake news» social media in impact — cf. physicist Duncan Watts for detail), and the desire of many established players to screw Silicon Valley tech companies gave the story more legs than her previous ones.

However, at the time of publication, when you search «David Hogg» on Facebook, and click on «Articles,» some of the top results are still fake news stories.

In fact, the most popular fake news stories were more widely shared on Facebook than the most popular mainstream news stories.

U.S. society was unprepared: 62 percent of American adults get news on social media, and many people who see fake news stories report that they believe them.

When the story of Circle purchasing Poloniex surfaced on an obscure site called Modern Consensus, it was shot down as fake news.

In the wake of more fake news on gun control perpetuated by the largest media outlets in the country and Lee Smith's condemning reveal on their role in the bogus Russian collusion story, Facebook's Head More...

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The layoffs were followed by several high - profile blunders, in which the company allowed fake news stories (or hoaxes) to trend on the website.

The fears regarding Facebook's impact on democracy are likely due in part to the spread of fake news stories that appeared on Facebook during the U.S. 2016 presidential elections.

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This system will be put in place alongside Facebook's existing strategy for combating fake news, which uses machine learning to identify bogus stories before passing those pieces on to human fact - checkers.

Rumours have been circulating about India putting an eminent ban on cryptocurrencies with new developing stories now indicating it was fake news.