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Netanyahu Slams Israeli Media as ‘Fake News’ in Defiant Speech

EghtesadOnline: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing mounting legal troubles that could force him from office, gave a defiant speech to thousands of supporters in which he accused “left-wing” Israeli media of trying to topple his government through a campaign aimed at pressuring the attorney general to indict him.
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Publish Date:12/August/2017 | 24:45

Facebook shareholders propose reports on ' fake news ', pay equality

EghtesadOnline: Shareholders have proposed that Facebook Inc prepare a report on the threat to democracy and free speech from so-called fake news spread on the social media forum, and the dangers it may pose to the company itself, according to a proxy filing made on Friday.
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Publish Date:16/April/2017 | 04:20

Forget ‘Fake News.’ For Markets, It’s Never Been More Real

EghtesadOnline: Buy the news and sell the soft data. That’s the conclusion drawn from a paper by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, which suggests that financial news holds predictive power when it comes to a slew of economic data.
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Publish Date:13/February/2017 | 05:42

German courts should go after fake news on Facebook now: minister

EghtesadOnline: German judges and state prosecutors need to crack down straight away on fake news disseminated through social media platforms such as Facebook, Germany's Justice Minister Heiko Maas said in an interview published on Sunday.
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Publish Date:18/December/2016 | 17:24

ICYMI: In Russia, ' fake news ' is the norm

EghtesadOnline: In the run up to America's 2016 presidential election, fake news mills churned out stories about both candidates. On Dec. 4, 2016, a man walked into a Washington pizza place and fired an assault rifle. He was there to investigate a conspiracy theory about Hillary Clinton and her campaign staff running a child-sex trafficking ring through the restaurant. It’s a rumor that fake news purveyors spread across social media.
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Publish Date:14/December/2016 | 11:19

Facebook's Zuckerberg discloses steps to fight fake news

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc, facing withering criticism for failing to stem a flood of phony news articles in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election, is taking a series of steps to weed out hoaxes and other types of false information, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post Friday evening.
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Publish Date:20/November/2016 | 07:36
Search giant is letting partners and publishers decide what's true, what's false and what's in between.

Google Brings Fake News Fact-Checking to Search Results

EghtesadOnline: First fact-checking came to Facebook Inc. Now it's coming to Google. The world's largest search engine is rolling out a new feature that places "Fact Check" tags on snippets of articles in its News results. The Alphabet Inc. unit had already run limited tests. On Friday, it extended the capability to every listing in its News pages and massive search catalog.
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Publish Date:08/April/2017 | 04:46

It’s Merkel vs. Facebook as Germany Heads Into Election Year

EghtesadOnline: While celebrating the 2013 election victory that gave her a third term as German chancellor, Angela Merkel reached over a colleague’s shoulder and removed a German flag from his hand. A video of that small gesture, meant to declutter an image she knew would soon rocket around the globe, went viral on social media as purported evidence of Merkel’s lack of patriotism -- and is now spurring an effort to compel companies like Facebook Inc. to rein in hate speech and fake news .
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Publish Date:16/January/2017 | 15:49

Facebook Fight Against Fake News Leads to Deeper Media Ties

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc., struggling with its growing role as a distributor of news, is embarking on a project that includes stronger partnerships with media companies, greater support for local news and better efforts to educate users to avoid hoaxes.
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Publish Date:12/January/2017 | 06:32
New feature flags articles as `disputed,' but Facebook is trying to avoid the `gray area.'

Facebook Rolls Out Tools to Curb Fake News After Uproar

EghtesadOnline: Facebook Inc. is changing its powerful news feed in an effort to stamp out fake stories following a firestorm around the social network's role in spreading false information.
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Publish Date:17/December/2016 | 07:02