Sentences with phrase «false stories on»

This is part of The Associated Press» ongoing effort to fact - check misinformation that is shared widely online, including work with Facebook to identify and reduce the circulation of false stories on the platform.

Jimmy Kimmel called out Donald Trump Jr. for perpetuating conspiracy theories by liking two false stories on Twitter about a Florida school shooting survivor.

Facebook plans to ban adverts from groups caught repeatedly sharing false stories on the platform, saying that they make the world «less informed» in an announcement on Monday.

«Just like most Nigerians, I wake up every morning and hear different false stories on social media pertaining to how we arrested Evans and what he said.

If we are willing to post false stories on social media and spread lies about important issues, why should we be believed about matters of faith?

Not exact matches

The retraction states that MediaTakeOut «regrettably published a series of false stories,» acknowledges that Kardashian West «was in fact robbed in Paris,» and then goes on to say that the site has permanently removed all stories that suggest otherwise.

Even WhatsApp pushed back, with co-founder Brian Acton previously telling Business Insider in a statement that «The Guardian's story on an alleged «backdoor» in WhatsApp is false.»

A sweeping new study published in the journal Science has found that false or misleading stories spread faster and farther than the truth on social media.

The study, highlighted this week in The Atlantic, surveyed the spread of 126,000 news stories, including both true accounts and false «rumor cascades,» on Twitter between September 2006 and December 2016.

Stories create emotions, which cause us to react, and those reactions are based on conclusions drawn from typically false inferences.

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 Feeds.

Harder's letter calls Gawker's story on Ivari and Trump's hair «false and defamatory» while accusing the website of libel, invasion of privacy, and tortious interference.

Yesterday, Kristen asked what you thought about the New York Times story on the backlash against gender equality in Silicon Valley — and specifically for your thoughts on how to tackle the discussion of these kinds of false and biased beliefs without lending them credibility.

He calls the story of massive switching by iPhone fans every year a «false narrative,» noting that the fourth quarter — when Apple's new phones typically are on sale — accounted for just 26 % of customer defections the past few years.

Facebook has come under intense pressure to tackle the spread of false stories, which came to prominence during the U.S. presidential election last year when many inaccurate posts were widely shared on it and other social media services.

Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Thursday it had begun «fact - checking» photos and videos to reduce the hoaxes and false news stories that have plagued the world's largest social media network.

The pigs in our BTC story are Core developers who stole Gavin Andresen's commit access on the false grounds that his account was «compromised» and created the narrative that he was out to destroy Bitcoin.

The pigs in our BTC story are Core developers who stole Gavin Andersen's commit access on the false grounds that his account was «compromised» and created the narrative that he was out to destroy Bitcoin.

Saxena informed Kalra on ninth April that these funds had been misplaced because of some unknown assault in keeping with the police assertion which says «Because the personal keys are stored with Dr Amitabh Saxena, we really feel that he's making a false story to divert our consideration and he may need a job to play on this complete incident.»

The Cambridge Analytica scandal comes after last year's disclosures that a Russian company bought ads and placed false news stories on Facebook in an effort to sow dissension among U.S. voters.

Last week, Thiel's lawyer - for - hire, Charles J. Harder, sent Gawker a letter on behalf of Ivari International's owner and namesake, Edward Ivari, in which Harder claims that Feinberg's story was «false and defamatory,» invaded Ivari's privacy, intentionally inflicted emotional distress, and committed «tortious interference» with Ivari's business relations.

Other false gods being made into stories passed on, is no different than your «evolution» god, present day made up and passed on.

«I do find it a puzzling quality of liberal Christians that they tend to get excited when something that had been a cherished belief or practice of the Church is shown to have been false,» says Rod Dreher, commenting on a new book by a Notre Dame historian who says that the early Church's stories of martyrdom were false.

I used to like CNN very much for their journalism, but now it seems to be on a mission to putting up false stories from no name historians, where are the historians with a lifetime of credentials?

satans aim was to stop the fulfillment of the seed that would crush satan underfoot.This hybrid between the angels and man created giants abominations in Gods eyes.They also were a threat to Gods people as can be seen by the giants in the land of caanan after the flood.If we agree on that then there is no way that Eve would have had intercourse with satan [false doctrine of the seed of satan -RCB- because the blood lines were still untainted by angelic beings or satan at the time of Noah maybe that is also why the genealogy of Christ is well presented with no surprises apart from Hagar and Ruth these two were gentiles that shows Gods mercy grace was always there to all nations he accepts people by faith not by race.Prior to the flood the mixing of the angels and man must have been widespread after the flood these beings were present but in limited numbers and God told his people to destroy them as they were abominations but they were a threat to Gods people.It would be interesting to hear what the rabbis had to say on this matter as i would think the stories would have been past down from generation to the next.Especially regarding the flood.God promised he would never flood the earth again but a time is coming when the earth will be judged not by flood but by fire Jesus is our ark and we are safe in him.brentnz

Please don't listen to these people on here they have so many different views and ideas of their own but don't listen to them they have closed their heart to God and are doing Satans work of misleading people away from the Almighty they look for men who like to have their ears tickled so don't take mine our anyone else's word for it look it up for your self history attests to the bible as true and The writings of Moses is far older than anything they have ever found thats right Moses wrote the first parts in the bible 3,500 years ago The scriptures weren't inspired by Pagan stories Pagan stories was inspired by actual events just like those in the bible because if you notice that a lot of the stories found in the bible have a lot to do about people worshipping false Gods.

It was even better if the city was mentioned on national TV, and while growing up, that occasion usually referred to a looming hurricane — or it was some creepy story about a murder, or someone taking a false identity after embezzling thousands (never millions) of dollars..

So emergency - contraception advocates were able to tell a compelling story - based on false and unsubstantiated claims - and this led donors and politicians to support increasing access.

Insisting the allegations were false, the statement went on to say: «While we know we did not get everything right, the Mail on Sunday story in the UK and Ireland misrepresents our actions and omits key findings from our investigations, which we described publically, and which were shared with authorities, donors, and the Mail's journalist, several years ago.

So you have 6 different takes on the story that you have rationalized, but any take that does not justify the actions of your «all loving benevolent» god are automatically false.

Much of his scholarly energy has been focused on displaying the obvious falsity of each of the successive forms of the official story and providing reasons for believing that 9/11 was yet another false flag operation

The do no research, report false news stories and they work for Rupert Murdoch (the paragon of ethics)-- which by itself, should be enough for anyone to hit another channel number on the remote.

Since the shooting, people on social media have been quick to share stories suggesting that there were multiple shooters, that the shooter had ties to terrorist groups, that authorities are purposely hiding information to manipulate the narrative for political purposes or, even absurdly, that this shooting was some sort of «false flag» operation orchestrated by shadow groups to fool the public.

When you spread a provably false story (or one based on speculation, not facts), you are potentially doing all three.

These class actions referred to, and relied on, the data and underlying studies cited by the Bloomberg story as a basis for their misrepresentation and false advertising claims.

I don't normally comment on false stories about myself but reports about contract demands & bust - ups with the boss are complete nonsense...

The speedy striker tweeted, «I don't normally comment on false stories about myself but reports about contract demands & bust - ups with the boss are complete nonsense.

on whether the story about Alexis is incorrect... Yes, completely false.

FRANCE: An emotional Neymar on Friday called for an end to «false stories» about his alleged frosty relations with Paris Saint - Germain coach Unai Emery and striker Edinson Cavani.

Some of these include older mothers relishing in telling horror stories about cracked nipples, thrush, clogged ducts, etc; pediatricians who use weight charts based on formula fed infants and scaring new mothers into thinking their babies aren't gaining enough weight; and the pervasive, but false, belief that formula is just as good as breastmilk for babies.

Myjoyonline.com in 2011 reported a false story that «Hon. Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, then Minister of State at the presidency had warned the late President Mills to reassign Mrs. Zita Okaikoi or face adverse consequences» during an interview on Citi fm.

Also launched is obtvghana.com, which is for his TV station OB TV, mentioning that any story about him on a different platform should be considered false and an attempt to seek his downfall, which he strongly believes will not work.

Wildstein testified that he was told by two top Christie appointees that the governors coordinated on a false cover story to «put an end» to the lane - closing controversy.

I was in the UK recently to speak at the inauguration of two new branches of the NDC in Sheffield and Hull and my attention has been drawn to a FALSE story widely circulating on social media about me and Hon. Ofosu Ampofo under the above heading.

It was a scare story based on a false premise and some badly flawed polls.»

In an exclusive interview with Kwame Adjetia on Neat FM's «Entertainment Ghana», the «Ripples» actress said some of the journalists misquote and twist false stories to make them seem true for their own selfish gains.

I am saying that story on the news ticker of the television station, which was credited to Sheriff was false.

known false news stories that appeared in the three months before the election, those favoring Trump were shared a total of 30 million times on Facebook, while those favoring Clinton were shared eight million times;

«Some of these things, as much as the stories are bad, and I will sit here and say false, I think sometimes official rebuttals, effective official rebuttals can cure the mischief and then we can move on so that it doesn't attract undue attention for institutions of state,» he advised.

Regardless, the cannabis story was false and the Mail on Sunday later retracted it.