Online fact-checking groups around the globe are fighting to defuse stand-offs between protestors, police and government officials–not with guns or explosives, but with facts.
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Facebook has once again found evidence that its platform has been exploited by foreign groups to spread misinformation.
Short-staffed fact-checkers, a fight against disinformation, and a struggle for resources in a decade long conflict.
Verification, independence and accountability are the distinguishing features of good journalism and worth considering when wading into anything written by anti-vaxx crusaders.
Are Facebook users wising up to just how big a “filter bubble” they may be living in? A new study says yes.
Can you believe what a group of women wore to a Trump rally in North Carolina back in July 2019? In fact no, you can’t.
FaceBook has established stricter regulations for political advertisements in Singapore in order to combat one of the most widespread epidemics of the 21st century: the spread of misinformation.
Seeing is no longer believing as deepfakes swarm the internet.
The first step is to realize that an algorithm is determining what news you see (and what you don’t). That is true on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google News, Apple News, Google search and many other news websites.
A new report issued Wednesday by the Committee to Protect Journalists says the countries that censor journalists the most are Eritrea, North Korea, and Turkmenistan.
