Pope Francis denounces evil of fake news and urges reporters to oppose ‘falsehoods’ and ‘sensational headlines’
Pope Francis today denounced “fake news” as evil and urged journalists to make it their mission to search for the…
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Prime Minister announces rapid response unit to tackle ‘fake news’
The Prime Minister is to launch a rapid response unit to battle the proliferation of “fake news” online, it has…
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Facebook tells UK fake news inquiry it will expand probe into Russian interference in Brexit vote
Facebook has told the government’s fake news inquiry that it will expand its investigation into whether Russian agents attempted to…
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Brussels fake news body meets for first time but has yet to sort out definition of fake news
The European Union’s newly established fake news body met for the first time today, but revealed that it has yet…
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‘I’m not dead’ says Big Brother star after UK press wrongly report her demise
The BBC and five major newspapers have had to clarify that Big Brother star Rebekah Shelton is not dead. BBC…
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MPs to head to Washington DC in New Year as part of UK ‘fake news’ inquiry
MPs from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee will visit Washington DC in February next year as part…
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Culture Committee chairman says Twitter response to ‘fake news’ inquiry probe ‘completely inadequate’
The head of the UK’s inquiry into ‘fake news’ has told Twitter that its response to a call for information…
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Facebook and Twitter have said they will respond to the parliamentary inquiry into fake news as part of a wider…
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