Sentences with phrase «spreading fake news over»

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They're in the news over speculation that «fake news» spread via Facebook posts could have influenced the election outcome, and over Google's high placement of a search result reporting wrongly that Donald Trump got more popular votes than Hillary Clinton.

Washington, DC, March 21, 2018 — Barraged by accusations of spreading divisive fake news and amid new allegations that it handed over personal information on up to 50 million users without their consent, Facebook is losing the faith of the American people, according to a new Digital Citizens Alliance survey.

Facebook, the largest social media player and the leading news source for many Americans, has struggled to curb the spread of fake news on its service despite repeated pledges to do so over the last few years and most recently at US congress hearings with Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg.

This includes Kenya, where Facebook and WhatsApp were used to spread fake news in a tightly - contested election where over 100 people died.

From anger over the alleged spreading of «fake news» during US elections to complaints of unfair competition and tax dodging in Europe, there are growing signs that people are losing patience with big - tech disruptors.

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

«In an era when our nation is increasingly concerned about the spread of fake news, it is unacceptable that a media conglomerate like Sinclair would force our trusted local news anchors to push a one - sided political agenda, valuing partisan politics over informing the American public,» Rhodes said.

Librarians are the primary individuals in schools to help students with critical reading of the Internet - a necessity in this era of fake news spreading all over social media.

Librarians are the primary individuals in schools to help students with critical reading of the Internet - a necessity in this era of fake news spreading all over social media.

And while that looks like a tighter angle to approach the problem of malicious and politically divisive disinformation campaigns, it's also clear that a state like Russia has not stopped spreading fake news just because a particular target country's election is over.

Facebook, already facing deep questions over the use of its platform by those seeking to spread Russian propaganda and fake news, is facing a renewed backlash after the news about Cambridge Analytica.

The documents also raise new questions about Facebook, which is already grappling with intense criticism over the spread of Russian propaganda and fake news.

Over the past year, the team says they visited different countries to conduct research into how misinformation spreads in different contexts and how people react to «designs meant to inform them that what they are reading is fake news.»

Almost six months after a U.S. presidential election that was rife with controversy over fake news, Facebook acknowledged that «malicious actors» had created «fake personas» to spread misinformation last year on the site.

Some U.S. lawmakers, increasingly alarmed over evidence that hackers used the internet to spread fake news and otherwise influence last year's election, have been pushing for more information about social networks.

Facebook, Google, Twitter have already been under fire since 2016 over the spread of fake news and whether this helped US President Donald Trump win the election.

Fake news has spread over social media like wildfire, that much is certain.

After a barrage of criticism over its inability — and apparent lack of concern — in stopping fake news flooding its platform both during and after the 2016 US presidential election, Facebook got its Christmas gift early — a soft, puff piece in the Australian Financial Review that paints it as a crusader against the spread of incorrect information.

The social media platform is already grappling with criticism over the spread of fake news and Russian propaganda.

Facebook has taken steps to limit the spread of propaganda and fake news over the past several months but it turns out that at least one stockholder is not convinced the efforts have been genuine.