Tag: fake news
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Fake news: Google relaunches news service
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced that the company is relaunching its news service facilitating the search of information from credible sources for its users as part of fight against fake news distribution, local media reported on Wednesday. According to the Business Insider news portal, the Google News service with the use of Artificial Intelligence…
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PRCAN Lecture: Experts advocate increased professionalism to curb fake News
Eminent professionals in public relations, academics and the media have called for increased adherence to journalism ethics, improved skills in investigative journalism and retraining among media practitioners in order to tackle the growing menace of fake news. Speaking at the 2018 edition of the Annual Gold Medal Lecture of the Public Relations Consultants Association of…
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Trump announces Fake News award winners, CNN, NYT top list
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday night announced the winners of his highly anticipated Fake News Awards with CNN and New York Times emerging top on the list. Trump crashed the Republican Party’s website on which he posted the list of the award winners moments after he tweeted the link announcing the winners, due to…
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Sponsors of hate speeches, fake news determined to bring down Buhari’s govt – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that some people are bent on dragging the President Muhammadu Buhari administration through the mire by sponsoring hate speeches and fake news both on the emerging and traditional media. Mohammed noted that the sponsors of these hate speeches hope to discredit the government, destabilize…
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We will expose, bring fake news perpetrators to justice
The Muhammadu Buhari-led government has urged Nigerians to be extra vigilant in view of “worsening cases of fake news being spread by unscrupulous persons”, who are bent on destabilizing the polity and causing disunity among the country’s various ethnic and religious groups. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, June 4, 2017, by Lai…
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Social media firms have increased removal of Hate Speech, says EU
Social media companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube have stepped up both the speed and number of removals of hate speech on their platforms in response to pressure from the European Union to do more to tackle the issue, according to the results of an EU evaluation. Facebook won particular praise for reviewing most…
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Facebook deleting accounts in fight against Fake News
Facebook says it has deleted tens of thousands of accounts in Britain ahead of the June 8 general election in a drive to battle fake news. The tech giant also took out newspaper advertisements in Britain’s media offering advice on how to spot such stories. The ads suggest that readers should be “skeptical of headlines,”…
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Trump 100 days in office: 10 tweets that have defined his Presidency
Since entering office, President Donald Trump has used Twitter to issue declarations on everything from America’s geopolitical rivals to his personal feuds with the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger. As Trump prepares to mark 100 days in office this weekend, AFP looks back at 10 Tweets that have characterized the opening phase of his presidency: “We…
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Wikipedia founder launches Wikitribune, aiming to combat Fake News
Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, has launched a website aimed at countering the spread of fake news by bringing together professional journalists and a community of volunteers and supporters to produce news articles. The new platform, called Wikitribune, will be free to access and carry no advertising, instead relying on its readers to fund it, while…