Who burned Notre Dame? Going after fake news as EU election nears
By Robin Emmott, Alissa de Carbonnel and Conor Humphries The European Union has launched a coordinated fight against fake news ahead of this month’s European...
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Trump’s attack on free press isolates him further
MORE than 350 news organisations in the US agreed to publish editorials hitting back at President Trump’s attacks on the media, which does not look...
The investigation of murder is a human right
Thanks to the guts and professionalism of the journalist Mihalis Theodorou of Politis we now know that the perpetrators of the murder of ten Turkish...
Fake news: slow down, get real
By Nicholas Karides In trying to understand the threat of fake news, a strange thing is occurring. We seem to have accepted without challenge the...
Cypriots confident they can spot fake news, survey says
Almost five in ten Cypriots say they come across fake news every day or almost every day, while more than seven in ten say they...
False news 70 percent more likely to spread on Twitter
False news stories spread much more quickly and widely on Twitter than truthful ones, an imbalance driven more by people than automated “bot” accounts, researchers...
Pope says fake news is satanic, condemns use in politics
Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned fake news as satanic, saying journalists and social media users should shun and unmask manipulative “snake tactics” that foment division to...
Facebook to prioritize ‘trustworthy’ news based on surveys
Facebook Inc will prioritize “trustworthy” news in its feed of social media posts, using member surveys to identify high-quality outlets and fight sensationalism and misinformation,...
“Fake news” crutch used by SE Asian leaders to control media
Governments across Southeast Asia have a history of using laws and the judiciary to curb press freedoms – now, they have found a handy crutch...
Japanese astronaut apologises for ‘fake news’ of height increase
Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai, on a mission to the International Space Station, apologised on Wednesday for saying he had grown 9 cm (3.5 inches) while...
Minister dismisses concerns over Macron’s fake news law plan
Judges, not the government, will be in charge of enforcing French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed new legislation to fight fake news on the Internet, a...
Macron plans law to fight “fake news” in 2018
President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday he would overhaul French media legislation this year to fight the spread of “fake news” on social media which...
Britain urged to prosecute social media firms over online abuse
Social media companies should face prosecution for failing to remove racist and extremist material from their websites, according to a report by an influential committee....
From Guernica’s ruins, a lesson in fake news
By John Lloyd A little over 80 years ago, on April 26, 1937, German and Italian warplanes bombed the Basque town of Guernica, razing...
Fake news, the scourge of our times, conference told
A government bill aiming to regulate media operations is underway which would help also tackle the spreading of fake news, government spokesman Nicos Christodoulides said...
Pamboridis blasts ‘fake news’ over malaria scare
No cases of malaria have been identified in public hospitals, health minister Giorgos Pamboridis said on Thursday, adding that he would report to the police...
Germany votes to fine social media over hate speech (Update)
The German parliament on Friday approved a plan to fine social media networks up to €50m if they fail to remove hateful postings promptly, despite...
Fake news site causing headaches, arrest made (Updated)
Police on Friday warned internet users to avoid using a website that allows anyone to create fake stories and share them on their social media...
French election contender Macron is Russian ‘fake news’ target – party chief
French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron is a “fake news” target of Russian media and his campaign is facing thousands of cyber attacks, his party chief...
Facebook moves to head off tougher regulation in Germany
By Caroline Copley and Eric Auchard Facebook is stepping up efforts to head off tougher regulation by Germany, a fierce critic of the social media...
