- Web / Internet Life
- By Silviu Stahie
- August 22nd, 2019
Facebook Starts Using People to Curate News Instead of Algorithms
A fresh Top News tab is going to be added
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 6th, 2018
Facebook Removes More Than 100 Accounts Right Before US Midterms
Profiles disabled due to 'coordinated inauthentic behavior'
- Web / Internet Life
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- November 2nd, 2018
Twitter Deleted 10,000 Accounts Which Discouraged Voting in November 6 Elections
The misleading tweets were flagged by the Democratic Party
- Security
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 18th, 2018
Facebook Creates War Room to Combat Fake News Ahead of September Elections
Machine learning and AI are used to block fake accounts
- Web / Internet Life
- By Sergiu Gatlan
- October 4th, 2018
80 Percent of Twitter Accounts Spreading Fake News in 2016 Still Active
These disinformation accounts tweet 1 million times per day
- Web / Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 17th, 2017
Facebook Deploys New Strategy to Kill Clickbait
Responsible in part for clickbait even existing, Facebook now seeks to destroy it by introducing new detection tools
- Social Networking Related
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 8th, 2017
Facebook Fights Against Fake News Ahead of UK Elections with Newspaper Ads
Facebook is working to teach people how to tell fake news apart from real news when spending time on the social network
- Social Networking Related
- By Gabriela Vatu
- April 28th, 2017
Facebook Admits Malicious Actors Spread Misinformation During the US Elections
Facebook has a lot to say about the 2016 elections
- Google News
- By Gabriela Vatu
- April 26th, 2017
Google Cracks Down on Fake News, Demotes Low-Quality Pages, Adds User Feedback
Google is making some changes to properly fight fake news
- Web / Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- April 25th, 2017
Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales to Launch News Site Wikitribune to Combat Fake News
Wales is doing his part to combat fake news
- Web / Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- April 18th, 2017
Facebook Takes Down 30K French Spam Accounts Ahead of Elections
Facebook is working hard to prevent false news from spreading
- Google News
- By Gabriela Vatu
- April 10th, 2017
Google Goes Global with "False" or "True" Labels on Search Results
Google's war on fake news goes global with these new labels
- Web / Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- April 7th, 2017
Facebook Tries to Educate Users About Fake News, Issues List of Tips
The list is full of common sense, but it's always welcome
- Social Networking Related
- By Gabriela Vatu
- April 3rd, 2017
Facebook Won't Just Fight Fake News, It Wants to Make Users Trust Real News
Facebook has signed up for the News Integrity Initiative
- Social Networking Related
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 15th, 2017
Facebook Faces Huge Fines over Fake News, but Says the Issue Isn't Simple
Facebook hopes to find the right solution to tackle fake news the right way, but the network's size doesn't make it easy
- Web / Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 13th, 2017
Web Inventor Wants Google and Facebook to Amp Up Fight Against Fake News
Tim Berners-Lee sees a few dangers to the future of the Internet: fake news, political advertising and data sovereignty
- Google News
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 7th, 2017
Google Home Answers with Fake News Due to Search Engine's Recurrent Problem
Unless someone reports an issue, Google won't know about it