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.entry-header One of the themes that has emerged during the controversy over “fake news” and its role in the election of Donald Trump is the idea that Russian agents of various kinds helped hack the process by fueling this barrage of false news. But is that really true? In a recent story, the Washington Post…
Editor’s Note: There is an update to this story provided by the network’s general manager at the bottom of this piece. — Admittedly, we in the Mediaite writer’s room laughed out loud in shocked disbelief when we read the first headline this morning from the International Business Times: Oops! CNN’s Boston TV channel accidentally broadcasts…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.AP Photo/Ben Margot Digital Content Next (DCN), a US trade body that represents premium online publishers, has sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, calling on the two companies to do more to tackle the fake news being discovered and shared across their sites. The letter,…
Annemarie Dooling, the director of programming for Vox Media’s Racked.com, is an online communities expert who has worked with Salon, AOL and The Huffington Post. She is on Twitter (@TravelingAnna). Updated November 22, 2016, 3:20 AM All discussion on the role that social platforms played in the election has centered on the type of content…
So your brand is the victim of fake news. Now what? Pepsi and New Balance are dealing with boycotts. Experts share tips on how to smother the viral flames Last week, the proliferation of fake news on social media ignited a debate over its influence on the election. And two global brands, Pepsi and…
Anant Goel, Nabanita De, Qinglin Chen and Mark Craft at Princeton’s hackathon (Anant Goel) When Nabanita De scrolled through her Facebook feed recently, she felt afraid. There were so many posts with competing information and accusations about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton that she didn’t know how to begin deciphering the fearmongering from the reality. The…
There’s been much ado in media circles this past week about the prevalence of “fake” news on social networks and what, if any, effect that had on the outcome of the U.S. election. Stories from big players like InfoWars and The Blaze as well as cookie-cutter outlets like Occupy Democrats, WorldNetDaily, The Other 98% and…
Can the presidential election result be blamed on failed algorithms? Facebook had taken the brunt of that claim in the days of shock following Donald Trump’s election. Then, on Monday, Google stumbled into the fray, and by the end of the day, it’s own mini-outrage produced a significant change in how Google does business. What’s…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a 2016 “Innovation Hub” event in Berlin, Germany.Image: Kay Nietfeld/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Facebook is promising yet again to tackle the spread of misinformation in your News Feed.”We value authentic communication, and hear consistently from those who use Facebook that they prefer not to see misinformation,” Adam Mosseri, the vice president of…
storytext It’s time for a new rule on the web: Double, no, triple check before you share. Especially if it seems too good to be true. Why? Look no further than Donald Trump’s Twitter account. Trump claimed Sunday morning that “Twitter, Google and Facebook are burying the FBI criminal investigation of Clinton.” Not only was…