Fake news

Fake Or Real? How To Self-Check The News And Get The Facts

12:55pm December 05, 2016

by Wynne Davis

Your friend shares a story on Facebook. You read the headline and you think it's too good to be true, but it looks like it's from a news site. Experts offer tips to help you sniff out fact from fake.

Boxes of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes cereal are seen at a store in Arlington, Va. Kellogg's is facing a boycott organized by Breitbart after the cereal giant decided to pull its advertising from the right-wing website.

Politics & Government

For Advertisers, Fake News Is Not The Biggest Problem

6:39pm December 02, 2016

by Aarti Shahani

The fake news controversy is rocking the ad industry, with Kellogg's and other brands pulling ads from Breitbart. But advertisers may be more worried about sites that generate fake traffic using bots.

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"The whole idea from the start was to build a site that could kind of infiltrate the echo chambers of the alt right."

We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs. Here's What We Learned

4:49pm November 23, 2016

by Laura Sydell

"The whole idea from the start was to build a site that could kind of infiltrate the echo chambers of the alt-right," says Jestin Coler, whose company, Disinfomedia, is behind some fake news sites.

Stanford researchers assessed students from middle school to college and found they struggled to distinguish ads from articles, neutral sources from biased ones and fake accounts from real ones.

National

Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds

4:44pm November 23, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Stanford researchers assessed students from middle school to college and found they struggled to distinguish ads from articles, neutral sources from biased ones and fake accounts from real ones.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his company is responding to sharp criticisms over fake stories appearing in its news feeds. He's seen here speaking Saturday at the APEC CEO Summit, part of the broader Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in

Politics & Government

'Misinformation' On Facebook: Zuckerberg Lists Ways Of Fighting Fake News

10:33am November 19, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Computer detection of potentially false stories; labeling news that might be false; cutting ad revenue: Those are steps Facebook could use to combat fake news.

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From Hate Speech To Fake News: The Content Crisis Facing Mark Zuckerberg

9:33am November 17, 2016

by Aarti Shahani

The Facebook chief has an army of subcontractors making editorial judgments about millions of pieces of content — like a media company. But the rules they operate by are complex and contradictory.

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Facebook, Google Take Steps To Confront Fake News

11:33am November 15, 2016

by Aarti Shahani

Facebook is under fire for articles posted on its site that are not true, but go viral anyway. CEO Mark Zuckerberg says fake news isn't a problem, but Facebook is taking steps to block it.

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