The election has made fake news a hot topic in tech policy. There are many contributors to fake news, but a new piece by Sally Hubbard puts the onus on Facebook’s platform. Four Washington Bytes ...

While "fake news" has always existed, the recent explosion of disinformation, conspiracy theories and half-truths calls for serious action. The tech industry needs to step up.

Fake news is hardly new. Some 150 years ago, British preacher C.P. Spurgeon noted that “a lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on” (a statement that, ironically, is ...

“The problem we have is that the same AI tools which are allowing us to fight fake news are also allowing the fakers to create content which is ever more difficult to separate from reality ...

How can the problem of fake news be addressed in a post-truth world? Kagenmi/Depositphotos. View 6 Images 1 / 6. An example of how Facebook proposed to flag disputed articles.

Did you hear the latest news? Hillary Clinton lost because the electoral college is rigged, the media’s in the tank for Trump or the Russians hacked the election. Or maybe it was sexism and ...

Regardless, the beginning of wisdom on the issue of fake news is to recognize - as Andrew Coyne does - that the root of the problem is demand, not supply. And as long as the demand remains high ...

Reports suggest that German authorities are contemplating heavy penalties on Facebook for a fake news item that is not addressed within 24 hours. This comes on the heels of allegations that fake ...

Evidence of Facebook’s fake news problem is piling up: The “Trending” section keeps getting hoaxed. Hyperpartisan pages spew fake posts that go viral. And traditional media are picking up ...

So if Facebook and Google have a fake-news problem, there's an argument to be made that the internet itself has a fake-news problem. And that's not good for the general public.

Facebook employees looking to tackle an issue they feel is being ignored by CEO Mark Zuckerberg have started a secret task force to combat fake news being shared on the social network, BuzzFeed ...