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Dozens of fake news websites and social media accounts pushed pro-China talking points
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoA Chinese marketing firm hosted a ring of at least 72 fake news sites in 11 languages with...
Study Says Many Teens Can’t Tell The Difference Between Real And Fake News
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTeens in the study were frequently unable to identify fake health messages and also thought that...
The rise of AI fake news is creating a 'misinformation superspreader'
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 5 months agoArtificial intelligence is automating the creation of fake news, spurring an explosion of web content mimicking factual articles that instead disseminate false information about elections, wars ...
'A dangerous decision': Canadian news is disappearing from Instagram, Facebook
Yahoo News Canada· 9 months agoCanadians are no longer able to access news on social platforms Instagram and Facebook as tech giant...
How Russian falsehoods spread to U.S. through faux local news
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAfter Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, tech platforms enforced bans against Russian state media. But actors found ways to circumvent these bans and continue circulating Russian propaganda ...
Don't fall for fake NordVPN ads—how to avoid VPN scams
TechRadar via Yahoo News· 1 week agoCybercriminals continue to exploit VPN popularity for fake ads, and NordVPN is the latest focus. I...
Looking back at PolitiFact’s Lies of the Year, 2009-2022
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWait a minute … that can’t be true. Through the year, we at PolitiFact say that a lot, as we...
FACT FOCUS: Fake image of Pentagon explosion briefly sends jitters through stock market
AP Finance via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoAn image of black smoke billowing next to a bureaucratic-looking building spread across social media...
I interviewed a breast-cancer survivor who wanted me to tell her story. She was actually an AI.
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoArif Qazi/Insider A woman asked me to do a story about the mastectomy tattoo she got after having...
Exclusive: Social media threats exploded after Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 claims, analysis finds
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoTucker Carlson's portrayal of the deadly Jan. 6 attack as a largely peaceful event on his prime-time...
