Take immediate action by reporting fake or cloned accounts and pages to Meta. Do that even if the fake accounts impersonate someone you know or a public figure, not necessarily your own Facebook account. The good news is that you can report fake profiles even if you don’t have a Faceboo...
This week, users on Facebook began receiving a public service announcement from the social networking site regarding what it has branded as "false news," offering tips on how to spot a fake story. Notably, Facebook has chosen to refer to the trend as "false news,...
Social media (SM) fake news has become a serious concern especially during COVID-19. In this study, we develop a research model to investigate to what extent SM fake news contributes to supply chain disruption (SCD), and what are the different SM affordances that contribute to SM fake news...
Fox News congressional correspondent Aishah Hasnie has more on who will be in attendance and policies President-elect Donald Trump will enact during his first day in office on 'Special Report.' British Royals January 14 Prince Harry, Meghan Markle criticize Meta’s decision to end fact-checki...
Fake news has become a bigger problem than ever in 2016, and Facebook’s been at the center of it as the platform where most people share stories. But now it’s actually doing something about it. The company today announced a series of steps
But it could also make clamping down on fake news difficult. At a time when everyone seems entitled, not just to their own opinions, but to their own facts, one person's misleading headline might be another person's heartfelt truth. ...
Adam Mosseri, vice president of Facebook in charge of news feed, on Thursday said a program had been started to work with third-party fact checking organizations to enable users to report a hoax. Facebook has been under pressure for a while as fake news stories have been abundant on its...
In a conference call with reporters Thursday, Zuckerberg said he did not know who hired the consulting firm Definers Public Affairs, which was alleged to post fake news to quell criticisms of Facebook over the past year. The allegation was reported by The New York Times Wednesday. ...
“Fake News on Social Media: People Believe What They Want to Believe When it Makes No Sense at All,” Patricia Moravec, Assistant Professor of Information, Risk and Operations Management with the McCombs School of Business, along with Randall K. Minas of the Universit...
In the wake of November’s election, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg downplayed the amount of fake news on his platform and called it “a pretty crazy idea” that it could have influenced the election. But a month later, under pressure, the company announced a slew of efforts designed to com...