Sentences with phrase «of a hoax»

The Communications Decency Act, Section 230, protects Facebook from being held responsible for such mishaps as the spread of hoax news stories — like the one that falsely claimed Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly had been fired from Fox — as well as defamatory comments posted by users.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shrugged off assertions that proliferation of hoax news stories on Facebook influenced the outcome of the U.S. presidential election Thursday during an on - stage interview at the Techonomy conference in Half Moon Bay.

MICHAEL JORDAN was a victim of a hoax on Dec. 30 when someone purporting to be his brother called the Target Center at halftime of the Bulls» game against the Timberwolves.

New York Magazine's Max Read wrote in a post published Wednesday that allowing for the proliferation of hoax news is «the most obvious way in which Facebook enabled a Trump victory.»

Both companies admitted the screwup, and much of the hoax content was gone by late in the afternoon.

The videos are made by «verified» YouTube creators, they garner millions of views and the sad reality is that Google is indirectly encouraging the promotion of hoax content with AdSense dollars.

It comes in the wake of a bruising year that saw the company weather multiple public relations crises related to the spread of hoaxes on its platform and the apparently illegal purchase of political advertising by alleged Russian agents.

«A group that opposes Planned Parenthood's mission and services is promoting a series of hoax patient videotapes related to sex selection.

«There's all sorts of hoaxes, all sorts of threats that come in, and have for years and years and years,» de Blasio said.

Our preliminary results suggest that the more segregated the community of hoax believers, the longer the hoax survives.

Weiner continued: «While I have provided the Daily Mail with information showing that I have likely been the subject of a hoax, I have no one to blame but me for putting myself in this position.

Hugh Jackman stars as legendary ringmaster and purveyor of hoaxes Phineas «P.T.» Barnum, whose dirt - poor upbringing gives way to an entrepreneurial spirit.

Detective chief inspector Steward Miller said: «We've been made aware of a hoax email sent to schools in the force area this morning 13 April 2018.

Poet and scholar Kevin Young offers a history of the hoax and a chilling indictment of our current moment in this...

WABBetaInfo, which spotted the feature, gave an example of a hoax chain - mail message that prompts the warning:

The point of the hoax, Lundgard told the Gothamist, who picked up the story only to later correct it, was to ask which was more expendable, Cooper Union's long tradition «dedicated to the value of tuition - free, merit - based education, or a three year old trophy building that is partially responsible for the Institution's current fiscal turmoil?»

Entertainment & Medial Law Signal The Royal Phone - Hoax: the Canadian Context Worldwide media coverage of the hoax call made last week by Syndey radio co-hosts to the London hospital continues.

Edited videos of hoax patient visits are part of a coordinated campaign over the last several years to distort Planned Parenthood's services, mission and values.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Brooklyn on Thursday said he plans to visit a Jewish museum that received a bomb threat, part of a rash of hoax threats leveled at Jewish targets in New York and around the country.

The clerk for the East Ramapo Central School district in Rockland County is warning of a hoax letter.

Yesterday, 375 members of the National Academy of Sciences, including 30 Nobel Prize winners, posted an open letter reviewing the basics of established climate science, decrying claims of hoax and hype spouted by Republicans during the presidential campaign and warning against the United States pulling out of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

While the prank sounds a little cruel towards the apartment hunters thinking they have found their new dream home, in the commercial, the victims of the hoax seem more than happy to laugh and accept free burgers.

After weeks of denying that the spread of viral «fake news» stories was a problem that it needed to be concerned about, Facebook (fb) has finally announced some concrete measures designed to blunt the force of hoaxes and misinformation, including a partnership with external fact - checking organizations who call out fakes.

Even at the best of times, the online hacking subculture is notoriously untrustworthy — full of hoaxes, disinformation, and catfishing (impersonating people to defraud others on the internet).

One saying that credible NFL people are putting out reactionary mock drafts because of a hoax.

The charge of hoaxing tax against him is baseless.

The State Police investigation into a series of hoax bomb threats at Jewish Community Centers and at a Jewish cemetery in Rochester will continue, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement.

The intelligence community has concluded Russia sought to influence the 2016 presidential election through the spread of hoax reporting and phony social media accounts.

DSS arrests mastermind of coup rumour against Buhari The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday said it has arrested one Jones Abari, aka Gen. Akotebe Darikoro, for the alleged mastermind of a hoaxed plan to overthrow President Muhammad Buhari by the military.

If you get your news from social media, as most Americans do, you are exposed to a daily dose of hoaxes, rumors, conspiracy theories and misleading news.

«I thought we could use this to study the anatomy of a hoax,» Meldrum says.

As he pulls out drawers and talks about the casts, Meldrum shows ones with the hallmarks of hoax and others that intrigue him because of anatomy, hair striations, musculature and an apparent midtarsal break — a pair of joints in the middle of the ape foot that have less mobility in the human foot because of the arch.

So whenever I see «evidence - based», I steer clear of the hoax / scam.

In wake of hoax involving Notre Dame football star Manti Te'o, here are tips for keeping your heart safe on Internet

The possibility of a hoax is directly addressed and even worked into the plotline of the film in clever fashion.

Any Blu - ray selling for $ 5 ought to be a no - brainer for someone who likes the movie it holds, but fans of The Hoax may very well be dismayed to see it lose subtitles, an audio commentary, and other bonus features in the jump to high definition.

In this classic French fairy tale, a clever cat engineers a succession of hoaxes and lies for the benefit of his master.

Last year, following a series of hoax communications to schools across the UK, the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) issued «Advice to leaders of schools and other Educational Establishments for Reviewing Protective Security».

But, hopefully by this point in your career you've cracked the code of this hoax.

In spite of the hoaxes and charlatans» claims, it will not cure every ill in the world, but for humans especially, it may be the nearest thing to the long - desired «magic pill» that we have.