fake news

fake news and facebook — The UK Parliament’s cross-party Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee published its final report on Disinformation and ‘fake news’ on Monday of this week, 18th February 2019. It is Titled: Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Final Report While generic in nature regarding the issue of Fake News, it is rather damming […]

What does the Commons Facebook report tell us?

This entry was posted in fake news media politics and tagged damien collins Facebook fake news report on February 21, 2019 by Dave

fake news — The internet is a disruptive technology. As it has rolled out over the last couple of decades many of the traditional and accepted ways that humans interact have been radically altered. This vastly increased flow of information has rippled into commerce, education, shopping, and also has now see the skewing […]

Who Shares Fake News the most?

This entry was posted in Fake News society study technology and tagged fake news study on January 12, 2019 by Dave

social media — There are now two independent reports that confirm that Russia has weaponised social media and uses it on a massive scale to manipulate votes

The Weaponisation of social media by Russia – The Evidence

This entry was posted in fake news Skeptic news Skepticism and tagged fake news IRA social media on December 19, 2018 by Dave

fake news — Below are two variations of a story, one is fake news and the other is real. Read both and see if you can work it out. It comes from about January in 2017. Example 1 Nintendo Switch game console to launch in March for $299 – The Nintendo Switch video […]

Using Technology to detect Fake News

This entry was posted in consumer fake news media Skepticism and tagged fake news on August 31, 2018 by Dave

fake news — On 9th August Time magazine published a really great article titled “How Your Brain Tricks You Into Believing Fake News“. I can highly recommend reading. It dives below the surface into the heart of the problem and is not simply another article having a bit of a moan about it […]

Your Fake News problem is not just “them” it’s you.

This entry was posted in Critical Thinking fake news media psychology Skepticism and tagged education fake news on August 16, 2018 by Dave

Fake News — Yesterday I was writing about the report issued by a UK parliament committee that covered the topic of fake news. It very much nails the topic tightly down. (the report, not my posting). It is an interim report, there is more to come, and yet even at this point in […]

How can you fight Fake News?

This entry was posted in media and tagged Confirmation bias disinformation fake news reliable on August 1, 2018 by Dave