The integrity of Australia’s election process is under unprecedented pressure during this election.
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With a fake news scandal already marking this election campaign, questions remain about how well our democracy can cope with it.
Claims of ‘fake news’ and misinformation campaigns have already arisen in the federal election campaign, a problem the political parties and tech companies are ill-equipped to address.
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New regulations have been rolled out to counter the spread of misinformation during the campaign, but these steps will largely be ineffective in the fast-moving social media sphere
Your memory can play tricks with you so best not to let fake news get through in the first place.
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Why is it that some ‘fake news’ gets us remembering things that are not true? It depends on how our memory works, and there are ways we can avoid being duped.
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"Fake news" even rears its head in academic spaces.
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On the back of the Mueller investigation’s apparent exoneration of the POTUS, here’s another surprise.
India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi.
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This is a transcript of part one of The Anthill’s podcast series, India Tomorrow, on fake news and information wars.
India Tomorrow part 1 explores how fake news and the battle for information shapes Indian society.
A supporter of Brazilian right-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro shouts at journalists gathered in front of the Brazilian National Conference of Bishops in Brasilia, where the presidential candidate for the Workers’ Party (PT), Fernando Haddad, is holding a meeting with Catholic leaders, on October 11, 2018.
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In a context of defiance against media, how can journalists recover the public’s trust and their image of “truth tellers”? Brazil provides a few examples.
In the first year of ‘Russiagate’ coverage, the combined profits from Fox News, MSNBC and CNN increased by 13 percent.
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For the rest of us, it’s another sign of the country’s eroding media and political landscape.
Children from a Roma community play in a camp that was attacked on March 2, 2019, in Bobigny, near Paris.
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Since March 2019, 25 attacks against Roma people have taken place, especially after false rumours of child abductions. Why do such negative stereotypes spread and what social mechanisms do they trigger?
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To fight fake news, it's crucial that science is spread in an understandable way.
Too many people are spurning democracy and being seduced by propaganda, fake news and political strongmen. This First World War poster shows a giant Gibson Girl as the symbol of democracy, punching a German soldier resembling Hindenburg.
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Many citizens are searching for certainty and control in uncertain times. But that means too many are spurning democracy and being seduced by fake news and political strongmen. Democracy needs our help.
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In the era of fake news, science can play a crucial role.
Since last year, Facebook has been taking down fake news accounts from countries all over the world.
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Facebook has finally taken action on accounts spreading fake news on its platform.
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Several flaws have already emerged in Facebook’s new measures to stop improper political influence.
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Fake news doesn’t respect borders so working together is the only option.
If it’s fake, it’s not news.
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Science is not the absolute truth. Scientific findings are the beginning, not the end, of the quest for truth.
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India has more WhatsApp users than any other democracy – and a worrying history of ‘fake news’.
A man makes his mark in South Africa’s general elections on May 7, 2014.
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Concern at the role of fake sites in influencing South African public opinion has been growing over time.
A new report concludes companies like Facebook – headed up by Mark Zuckerberg – should not be allowed to consider themselves ahead of and beyond the law.
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Are you annoyed at Facebook? You’re not alone – and momentum is growing across the world to use regulation and the law to rein in the behaviours of this and other digital platforms.