Fake news

June 28, 2018

Times titles launch media literacy scheme in schools to help teach children how to spot 'fake news'

June 14, 2018

Majority of UK public wants Government to do more to tackle fake news, Reuters report finds

May 17, 2018

Newspapers are in a 'daily fight against fake news' and IPSO mark shows which side they're on

May 2, 2018

Facebook begins ranking news organisations by trustworthiness in bid to tackle ‘fake news’

May 1, 2018

Defence Secretary says journalists should join up to defend Britain against threat of 'fake news'

March 28, 2018

BBC annual plan aims to tackle 'false information and fake news' by taking fight to schools

March 28, 2018

Malaysian government proposes anti-fake news bill that will punish offenders with up to ten years in jail

March 15, 2018

BBC launches 'fake news' game for young people that puts them at 'heart of newsroom' amid a breaking news story

March 15, 2018

Culture Secretary Matt Hancock tells MPs he would consider legislation cracking down on hate speech on social media

March 14, 2018

MPs' US trip to meet Google, Facebook and Twitter as part of fake news inquiry cost taxpayer £84,000

March 9, 2018

False news spreads 'significantly' further and faster than the truth on social media, new landmark study finds

February 9, 2018

Twitter finds 49 accounts linked to Russian 'troll factory' that tweeted about Brexit during vote campaign, MPs told

January 31, 2018

Tom Watson says government 'fake news' unit is 'nothing but spin' as details withheld

January 26, 2018

Twitter criticised for failing to give 'straight answers' to UK fake news inquiry

January 24, 2018

Pope Francis denounces evil of fake news and urges reporters to oppose 'falsehoods' and 'sensational headlines'

January 23, 2018

Prime Minister announces rapid response unit to tackle 'fake news'

January 17, 2018

Facebook tells UK fake news inquiry it will expand probe into Russian interference in Brexit vote

January 15, 2018

Brussels fake news body meets for first time but has yet to sort out definition of fake news

January 12, 2018

'I'm not dead' says Big Brother star after UK press wrongly report her demise

December 22, 2017

MPs to head to Washington DC in New Year as part of UK 'fake news' inquiry