Wikipedia ban condemned by Daily Mail as ‘cynical politically motivated attempt to stifle the free press’
The Daily Mail has said a decision by Wikipedia editors to ban references to its articles for sourcing entries is a “politically…
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‘Advertising agencies are driving fake news and damaging real publishers’
Google is making money from fake news websites by placing Government-funded advertising on them, according to an investigation by The…
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Survey suggests 96% of Britons can’t tell fake news from true reports
Less than five per cent of people surveyed by Channel 4 were able to correctly identify fake news stories when…
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Parliamentary inquiry launched into fake news which MPs warn is ‘a threat to democracy’
The “growing phenomenon of fake news” is to be the subject of a parliamentary inquiry. The Culture, Media and Sport…
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Birmingham Mail pic used in bogus Hillary Clinton vote fraud story which was shared 6m times
A photograph which first appeared in the Birmingham Mail was used to create a fake news story about US election…
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Digital bosses from Facebook, Google and Twitter could be called in for questioning by MPs if the media select committee…
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Report: 70 per cent of global media chiefs think ‘fake news’ is good news for quality journalism
More than two-thirds of global news media bosses surveyed in a report predicting trends for the year ahead believe news…
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BBC increases commitment to tackling ‘fake news’ by making Reality Check a permanent fixture
The BBC is set to increase its commitment to tackling the problem of fake news, according to its director of…
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