Warning that ‘dark ads’ misleading voters are bigger threat than fake news on Facebook and Google
Political advertising that is only seen by its intended recipients is a greater cause for concern than “fake news” in…
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UK advertising market grew to record £21.4bn in 2016 as Google and Facebook took the lion’s share
UK advertising hit a record £21.4bn total in 2016 with Google and Facebook taking the lion’s share of the money.…
By ITN on Facebook and fake news: Fairer online revenue share needed to protect public service journalism
ITN has warned that fake news is a “powerful and dangerous force in our online ecosystem” as part of its submission to a…
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Facebook chief says ‘decreasing financial incentives for false news’ is focus but ‘we don’t want to be arbiter of truth’
Facebook takes its responsibilities over fake news “very seriously” and is “focused” on removing the financial incentives for peddling false…
By ‘They want an algorithm to replace humans’ – Veteran tech journalist backs Press Gazette Google/Facebook duopoly campaign
“They are geeks who want an algorithm to replace humans.” This is the judgement of Andrew Orlowski about some of…
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Google declines to comment on report ad-blocking will become the norm on its Chrome browser
Google is set to introduce an ad-blocking feature for its popular Chrome web browser that could be switched on by…
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How Google and Facebook grew to take more than £1bn a year out of the UK national and regional news industry
Since Press Gazette launched its Duopoly campaign just over a week ago plenty of people have said it is futile…
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Facebook taking money for hoax adverts despite fake news crackdown pledge
Facebook is promoting paid-for hoaxes about Lord Sugar, Professor Stephen Hawking and the Queen to their users despite recent promises…
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