Sentences with phrase «spread fake news stories»

Aside from all the silliness about counter-campaigns being run by disgruntled DC fanboys, and haters trying to spread fake news stories about racial assaults at screenings, it's fair to say that Black Panther has gone down an absolute storm.

The 13 Russians charged are all connected to the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a Russian «troll factory» accused of spreading fake news stories through US social media.

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These announcements come after many companies in Silicon Valley have fallen under a barrage of criticism from users who say the companies created systems where fake news stories spread more easily than factual reports.

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.

During the 2017 polls, 90 % of Kenyans had heard or seen fake news stories related to the election, with a cross-section of the population using popular apps like WhatsApp and Facebook to spread misinformation.

Facebook's come in for plenty of criticism since Election Day, in part for its role in helping fake election news stories and conspiracy theories spread online in the months before Trump's victory.

FACE FACTS Fake news spreads faster and further through the Twittersphere than true stories do.

Unlike fake news stories that someone writes and then tries to spread virally through social media, artificial reviews work only if they are manufactured in volume and posted to sites where a particular item is sold or advertised.

The spread of fake news is disconcerting enough, but as Albright writes, that's only half the story: «The other half is the corresponding tracking network that works to capture all responses, sentiment, and personal information generated from the perpetual outrage.»

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 fake BuzzFeed story wasn't the only attempt to spread falsified posts in an attempt to smear the news media or spread racial rumors about the shooting.

Because who wouldn't rather fight a Babadook than fight racists who are spreading fake news about racial violence in an attempt to undermine an uplifting success story?

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.

Spreading spams and fake news on social media like Facebook and WhatsApp is not a new story to us.

Prior to the Cambridge Analytica story breaking, Facebook has been criticized for allowing the spread of fake news on its platform.