Articles about fake news

Debunked rumor of serial killer in Seattle offers another lesson in spotting misinformation

Quick-spreading claims on social media over the weekend about a suspected serial killer in the Seattle area have been refuted… Read More

‘Think more, share less’: Fake news researchers offer tips to avoid online manipulation

There has been a robust debate over disinformation online since the 2016 U.S. presidential election showed the world how social… Read More

Facebook and Microsoft join researchers to set up contest for deepfake video detection

Facebook says it’s working with Microsoft, the Partnership for AI and an international team of academics to create the Deepfake… Read More

University of Washington lands $5 million to study fake news and misinformation

Americans were shocked to learn how misinformation was weaponized during the 2016 presidential race and experts believe it was just… Read More

Scientists track cryptocurrency discussions on Reddit to learn how disinformation spreads

Computer scientists from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have mapped the ebb and flow of Reddit’s discussions about cryptocurrency —… Read More

True story: Fake news generator created by neural network researchers aims to fight disinformation

In the battle for AI supremacy, the best defense is a good offense. That’s the philosophy behind Grover, a neural… Read More

Fake news detector comes to Microsoft’s Edge mobile browser to call out questionable sources

Microsoft is looking to warn users about unreliable news sources with a new feature on its Edge browser on mobile… Read More

This Election Day, the battleground is shifting in the fight over fake news

Facebook and Twitter have been cracking down on political disinformation during the current election cycle, but there are signs that… Read More

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Universal facts, misinformation and technology: Five insights into the future of news

The rise of the Internet was only the beginning of the disruption for the news business. The past ten years… Read More

Regardless of future interference, fake news and cyber attacks have weakened faith in U.S. elections

The U.S. is approaching a big midterm election, but unlike almost every other major election in the country’s history, this… Read More

Elon Musk berates media critics and vows to create ‘Pravda’ news rating website

Elon Musk’s Tesla electric-car and power company has been getting some bad press lately, and today the tech billionaire pushed… Read More

Scientists verify that fake news outruns truth on Twitter — and call for a fix

A study published in the journal Science provides hard evidence that fake news — or, to use the researchers’ preferred term,… Read More

What happens when the controversy over Russia’s infamous troll factory hits home

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Agata Burdonova may marvel on LiveJournal over the fact that she lives just a couple of miles from… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg makes fixing Facebook’s most controversial problems his ‘personal challenge’ for 2018

Facebook’s image suffered some serious blows in 2017. So rather than wear a tie everyday or learn a complex foreign… Read More

Snapchat refresh aims to separate ‘the social from the media’ as parent company chases Wall Street rebound

Snapchat parent Snap has redesigned its social app to draw a clear line between users’ friends and brands that the… Read More

Exclusive: Bots spread propaganda to influence high-stakes Washington state race, researchers say

Update: Manka Dhingra was ahead with 55 percent of the vote in early election results released Tuesday at 8 p.m. Bots… Read More

Facebook, Twitter and Google can’t say how far-reaching Russian political influence is on their platforms

Top lawyers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google confirmed that they still don’t know how much influence Russian government-backed agents wield… Read More

B.S. for Ph.D.s: Not even science is immune from the fake-news epidemic

The controversy over fake news may focus on politics, but it’s also slipping into the scientific realm, says one of… Read More

Real talk about fake news: How the Information Age became the Disinformation Age

Technology has changed just about everything it has touched, and that is especially true when it comes to the distribution… Read More

‘Fake news’ video game HEADLINER lets players destroy society with propaganda

I can’t decide if I like HEADLINER or not. It’s an addictive game — when I sat down to try it… Read More

How to detect fake news: UW professor teaching ‘Calling Bulls**t’ class offers tips to spot misinformation

There is a fake news problem across the internet. The spreading of misinformation is having a direct affect on society,… Read More

Google deleted more than 1.7B ‘bad ads’ in 2016 and banned 200 publishers in fake news fight

Google cracked down on bad advertising in 2016, taking down 1.7 billion ads that violated its advertising policies, the company… Read More

Facebook announces major changes to embattled Trending Topics section, removes personalization

As it continues to fight the spread of fake news, Facebook announced major changes to its Trending Topics section Wednesday.… Read More

Facebook Journalism Project aims to work with publishers and journalists, curb fake news

Facebook announced a new initiative Wednesday, the Facebook Journalism Project, designed to strengthen relationships with publishers and journalists and stop the… Read More

Facebook is finally cracking down on fake news with new tools to fight hoaxes

Facebook is grappling with growing pains. The $350 billion company, powered by more than a billion users, is coming to… Read More

Teens are startlingly bad at deciphering fake news, Stanford study finds

In the crucial final months of the election, Facebook engagement with bogus news stories outpaced legitimate news, according to BuzzFeed’s… Read More