Malaysian government proposes anti-fake news bill that will punish offenders with up to ten years in jail
Malaysia’s government has proposed new legislation to outlaw “fake news” and punish offenders with a ten-year jail sentence – a…
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BBC launches ‘fake news’ game for young people that puts them at ‘heart of newsroom’ amid a breaking news story
The BBC has launched an interactive game to help young people in the UK identify fake news as part of…
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Culture Secretary Matt Hancock tells MPs he would consider legislation cracking down on hate speech on social media
Culture Secretary Matt Hancock has said he would consider increasing legislation or adding warning labels to social media platforms to…
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MPs’ US trip to meet Google, Facebook and Twitter as part of fake news inquiry cost taxpayer £84,000
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Select Committee’s visit to the US last month as part of its inquiry…
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False news spreads ‘significantly’ further and faster than the truth on social media, new landmark study finds
A landmark study of some 126,000 Twitter posts has found that false news on social media spreads “significantly” further and…
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Twitter has found 49 accounts linked to a notorious Russian “troll factory” which were sending out messages about the Brexit…
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Tom Watson says government ‘fake news’ unit is ‘nothing but spin’ as details withheld
Labour’s Tom Watson has said a proposed government unit to tackle fake news is “itself fake news” after a number of…
By Twitter criticised for failing to give ‘straight answers’ to UK fake news inquiry
Twitter has been criticised for failing to give “straight answers” to the parliamentary probe into alleged Russian interference in the…
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