Last year, May publicly pointed the finger at Russia, accusing it of
spreading fake news online and weaponising misinformation.
Last November UK prime minister Theresa May publicly accused Russia of seeking to meddle in elections by weaponizing information and
spreading fake news online.
Not exact matches
Internet inventor Tim Berners - Lee has urged Google, Facebook and others to combat the
spread of
fake news online, in an open message
The IRA and other Russian - linked entities were also alleged by the DOJ to have
spread fake news and misleading
online advertising on social networks like Facebook (fb) and Twitter (twtr).
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.
A new
online game puts players in the shoes of an aspiring propagandist to give the public a taste of the techniques and motivations behind the
spread of disinformation — potentially «inoculating» them against the influence of so - called
fake news in the process.
THEY
spread fake news and dominate forums, sabotaging
online discussion.
It highlights that the rise of digital and social media has enabled
fake news to
spread at an unprecedented rate and that one child in five believe everything they read
online is true.
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.