fake news

The Guardian reports that state-owned Russian media thought a man in a costume was actually a "hi-tech robot." The TV station's praise for the "robot" was preserved on YouTube, and Russian bloggers and journalists were immediately suspicious when the footage first aired. After some digging...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has again turned down an invitation from UK and Canadian lawmakers to appear in London to politely discuss disinformation and fake news on the social media site. Instead of sending Mr. Zuckerberg to be questioned about Cambridge Analytica and other issues, Facebook...

Youtube is telling us that it is aiming to crack down on fake news by supporting journalism. While Youtube's statements here, certainly make sense when you are talking about "real" fake news, you have to wonder what exactly will not fall under its new "authoritative" news source banner. How...

Axios is asking questions about Google's recent telephone conversation AI that is showed off on stage at its recent event, and they are not convinced that it was legit. Is it FAKE NEWS! Bottom line: Google may well have created a lifelike voice assistant that we'll all eventually use to...

According to a new study from the smart folks at MIT, bots aren't the ones spreading all the fake news. Wait for it. People are spreading fake news like crazy and they are the ones at fault. Further, the researchers came to the conclusion that the one way to stop the spread of fake news is to...

Why is trust in the media on the decline? I don't know, maybe because most of the "news" we read or hear is no longer reporting but rather editorial? 10 minutes on any news outlet will spell that out to you. However, it does make me feel a bit better knowing that social media is trusted less...

Last week Facebook announced it was going to implement a system where users would be asked to complete surveys to determine the quality of news postings. Well the survey has been leaked, and it is 2 questions. "Do you recognize the following websites?" And "How much do you trust each of these...