Facebook Cracks Down on Clickbait Videos, Users Get More Customized News Feeds
Following through on its efforts at reducing clickbait content on its platform, Facebook has recently announced a couple of updates to limit…
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Facebook’s Multi-pronged Attack on Fake News Could Be Working
After last year’s incident, where Facebook was criticized for allowing misleading information to go viral, it potentially resulted in misinformed…
Facebook News Feed Gets 2 Key Updates, Fight Against Fake News Continues
Facebook News Feed has received two recent upgrades – first, improved quality of news discovery and second, mobile page loading…
Twitter Rumored to be Developing New Feature to Help Fight Fake News Tweets
According to a recent report by The Washington Post, Twitter could soon be coming up with a feature that will help…
You Need to Know about Google Search Project Owl against Fake News and Extremist Content
Project Owl is what Google is calling its newest Google Search update that begins the battlefield attack against the fake news…
Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Launches ‘Wikitribune’ to Address Fake News Problem
The fake news problem has gotten so bad that now, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales wants to do something about it….
Fake News is on World Wide Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee’s Mind
The World Wide Web celebrated its 28th birthday yesterday, but instead of cheering its approach towards its third decade in…
Google Home Spreading Fake News, Says Obama is Planning a Coup D’état
And, suddenly, weird gets even weirder. After the months-long discussion around fake news and how Facebook and Google are fighting…
Apple CEO Tim Cook Jumps on Fake News Bandwagon, Joins Facebook and Google
As part of his ongoing tour of Europe, Apple CEO Tim Cook took out time for a Good Morning Britain…
Google and Facebook to Help France Fight Fake News Ahead of Elections 2017
In collaboration with Google and Facebook, several news organizations in France are seeking to fight the problem of fake news…
4 Students Have Developed a Plug-in to Debunk Fake News Posts on Facebook
Princeton University, one of the most prestigious colleges in the world, recently held a hackathon. That’s not news in itself,…
New Chrome Extension Warns You of Fake News Websites
In the wake of a widespread controversy over fake news websites that cropped up during the final months of the…