Sentences with phrase «which spreads fake news»

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The charges took specific aim at the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a notorious Russian «troll factory» which focused on sowing political discord during the 2016 election by using internet bots to spread fake news and pro-Donald Trump propaganda on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms.

In addition to spreading fake news, Russian Facebook accounts went one step further by organizing events, rallies, and protests, some of which galvanized dozens of people.

An environment where «fake news» created and spread isn't even the worst of it: in the United States, we now have an administration which actively promotes falsehoods.

The Monitor Do Debate Politico No Meio Digital, an organization that follows the trail of political news in Social Networks, told El Pais that there are lots of sites which are not officially developing a systematic campaign of fake news prior to the October elections but have begun spreading fake reports in the social ecosystem.

Those users may then participate in spreading fake news or misinformation by sharing it on their timeline, in which case the advertising is no longer necessary.

that there are lots of sites which are not officially developing a systematic campaign of fake news prior to the October elections but have begun spreading fake reports in the social ecosystem.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced earlier this month he would overhaul domestic media legislation to fight the spread of fake news on social media, which he said was a threat to liberal democracies.

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

The Cambridge Analytica news is just the latest crisis for the social networking giant, which has been grappling with its role in the spreading of fake news and ads by Russian trolls, who last month were indicted for interfering with the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

This - perhaps more than the spread of fake news and disinformation - is the sense in which Facebook has unleashed something it may not be able to fully control.

The Sri Lankan government reportedly shut down Facebook's social media and messaging services in the country earlier this week, saying that it is being used to spread fake news and hate speech which promote deadly sectarian violence.

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