Sentences with phrase «making fake news»

It is the media that keep making the fake news.

Clarke also criticized local Milwaukee media for getting «suckered» into «making a fake news story out of it because they love when people attack the sheriff.»

It will make fake news posts less visible, append warnings from fact checkers to fake news in the feed, make reporting hoaxes easier and disrupt the financial incentives of fake news spammers.

Not exact matches

Internet entrepreneur Cody Brown makes a compelling case that the inability of Facebook (and Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, etc.) to enact consistent and enforceable policies around things like fake news and inflammatory speech arises from their foundational decision to treat users all over the world as a single audience.

In late November, Mark Zuckerberg explained what Facebook is doing to get rid of fake news, including improving its algorithm's ability to detect and making it easy to report them.

On Wednesday — when Sandberg was attending a marketing conference in Germany — Facebook tightened its rules on who can make money from advertising on its network to make it harder for providers of fake news and sensational headlines to cash in.

Since his election, President Trump has repeated «Make America Great Again» and «fake news» in nearly every speech and press conference he has been in.

While Google's 2016 report makes no mention of fake news, these types of ads also fall under the category of «misleading.»

But, with fake news posts stealing the spotlight thanks to the popularity of their ridiculous headlines and outlandish content, proposed changes to Facebook's news feed make it seem as though the social media giant is trying to make things harder, especially for small businesses who rely on content marketing.

President Trump has made it his top target, rebranding it the «fake news network.»

Since 2010, the most famous archival institution in America started saving every public tweet in a database — everything from President Trump complaining about fake news to that one snarky comment you made at Burger King.

While the social network has made some tools available to better detect fake news and misinformation, it's long left the ultimate responsibility up to users.

Zuckerberg said Thursday that «voters make decisions based on their lived experience,» continuing, «Part of what I think is going on here is people are trying to understand results of the election, but I do think that there is a certain profound lack of empathy in asserting that the only reason that some of them are voting the way they did is because they saw some fake news.

These fake news reports could show «state leaders seeming to make inflammatory comments they never actually made.»

For instance, on - air DJs on the stream (seemingly actors working from scripts) have made reference to «fake news» produced by their universe's state - run Nazi media.

McCue says that using human editors (as Apple (aapl) also does for its curated news feature), makes Flipboard much less susceptible to the «fake news» problem that some users have complained about on Facebook (fb).

In addition to making news for alleged extortion and fake reviews, Yelp also makes headlines for being a platform for outrage.

Just because someone called news «fake,» the editors warned, did not make it so:

The Russian desk, which was primarily made up of bots and trolls, used fake social - media accounts to flood the internet with pro-Trump agitprop and made - up news throughout the US presidential campaign, especially in the days leading up to the November election.

There's been a lot of attention focused over the past year on the rise of so - called «fake news,» a term that has even made its way into tweets by President Trump.

Google is not the only tech giant making an effort to combat fake news.

«If Trump publicly commits to embrace science, stops threatening censorship of the internet, rejects fake news and denounces hate against our diverse employees, only then it would make sense for tech leaders to visit Trump Tower.»

The platform made personalization and customer experience its primary concern after the fake news fallout of 2016.

«You need to also make sure that that voice is not used for foreign interference in elections or disseminating fake news.»

November 2016 — Zuckerberg describes the idea that fake news on Facebook's platform could have influenced the outcome of the US election as «a pretty crazy idea» — a comment he later says he regrets making, saying it was «too flippant» and a mistake

The political instability that reigns in the country has made it easier for fake news to spread within fanatic circles.

Google and Facebook's recent efforts show a new vigilance against fake news but also underline the difficulty of making dents in the problem.

For what feels like the umpteenth time, Facebook is introducing another new plan to fight against the scourge of fake news that populates the platform, this time by making shrinking the size of links to bogus claims and hoaxes.

When you use the term fake news, does it only apply to stories where the facts are wrong or does it also apply to how news outlets make editorial decisions about what they choose to report?

That noted, it's hard to see this having any meaningful impact: conspiracy theories and fake news generally tend to appeal primarily to people who already want them to be true; it's hard to see a Wikipedia link making a big difference.

Most Americans (65 %), on the other hand, say that «fake news» also applies to how news outlets make editorial decisions about what they choose to report.

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.

The abuse you refer to makes lying so easy and when the liar is caught all he has to do is shout «fake news» (eg: Kenney calling Notley's fight with Horgan the «fake dispute with Victoria») and his supporters believe him.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg has publicly defended Facebook, and showed remorse for his dismissive comments made last year about the likelihood that fake news influenced people on the social network.

In the last 22 days, Facebook has released 18 announcements about all the ways it's helping users, from protecting user privacy to fighting fake news and making ads more transparent.

In one clip, Turbull stresses the firm is not «in the business of fake news, we're not in the business of lying, making stuff up, and we're not in the business of entrapment.

But while the majority of UK journalists agree fake news is making people more sceptical about the content they read, a startling 93 % are unsure what it means for their publication — or think its impact has been «neutral».

And again, thank you Fox Fake News for making America's trailer trash even dumber than anyone thought possible.

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.»

Fake news is made - up nonsense delivered for financial gain, political power or influence.

Yes, it may be less «safe», but in an age of fake news and even fake spirituality, people are looking for authentic conversations on faith to help them make their own mind up.

The move comes as a response to criticism and concern that «fake news» (essentially, stories that were fabricated by shady websites to generate traffic and revenue) was so prevalent during the election, that many voters were confused as to what was true and what was just made up.

Now that the dust has settled from the election, many are wondering just what an impact fake news sites will make on the social landscape.

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

Essentially, Khedira dismissed any notion that he knows what Can is set to do this summer, mocking the report by suggesting that he has a long - lost twin brother as well as using the «fake news» hashtag to make his point.

with miki in its though to see a future for ramsey if wishere stays fit... ramsey was always a bench player who made it in to the starting 11 coz of wengers favouritism... i still have a good chuckle when some of the kool aid crowd were frothing at the mouth on reading fake news about his imminent transfer to barca... some people never learn

Wenger is making every Gunners fans sick and tired of watching our game with his fake news about transfers and performance this season... He has to go to the market before it close so we can get back to our stand and we'll be happy coz we love him and the club but he does nt see that as a geniue reason after lot of toothless seasons... God bless Arsenal

«Voter participation is at embarrassing lows because we make it too hard to participate in our democracy, and because dirty campaign tactics and fake news frustrate New Yorkers,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

When asked about this episode today, Castro dismisses it as fake news and political play by his adversaries to make him look bad.

Two Queens crime victims whose cases were handled by an NYPD detective who made up fake witness names and addresses to close 22 investigations told the Daily News they were stunned by the revelations.