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false news stories also contained more words indicating surprise.
Not exact matches
Facebook has
also struggled recently with keeping its
news feed free of misleading or
false stories, including the kinds of discourse that NimbleAmerica seems intended to promote.
The media literacy campaign comes as deliberate attempts to disseminate
false or misleading
stories have seeped not only into the political and diplomatic landscape in Kenya but
also into the
news cycle and the corporate world.
True
news stories also took about six times as long as
false ones to reach 1,500 people.
This
also isn't the first time that PBS
News Hour has consulted with the Heartland Institute to provide
false balance for a climate
story.
He's
also announced new policies like more clearly labeled political ads, and renewed efforts to weed out
false news stories before they spread on Facebook.
They are
also investigating what impact paid social media ads like these and other
false news stories had on influencing the public.