Fake news

Facebook says real reporters were hired by fake editors to write about US corruption

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Allegation marks first time Brussels has pointed finger at Beijing

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Dedicated Whitehall unit set up to counter rumours and fake news

Threat of nuclear conflict, climate change and artificial intelligence push Doomsday Clock forward

Boris Johnson accused of suppressing report assessing security threat posed by Kremlin-sponsored disinformation

Controversial bill allows authorities to flag and remove posts said to be false

Government probe urges tech firms to push users towards more reliable sources

NewsGuard plug-in says the newspaper’s site ‘fails to maintain basic standards of accuracy and accountability’

Survey finds almost one in ten Facebook users may have spread false or misleading content during 2016 US election

Research by BBC links spread of misinformation to nationalism

UN Human Rights Council says US president’s ‘vitriolic’ rhetoric is ‘designed to undermine confidence in reporting’

Use of private data by Cambridge Analytica in attempt to influence US election sparks calls for new regulation

Committee jets to Washington for one-day meeting with social media giants

New national security outfit will be tasked with stopping ‘disinformation by state actors’

France, Germany and Ireland propose tough new rules designed to remove or block hateful posts and fabricated content

Research says flagging articles may actually entrench deeply held beliefs

Ruling party and opposition urge web giants to help stop spread of false information and propaganda

Search giant facing criticism for promoting state-sponsored fake news

Fake social media accounts allegedly spread propaganda to stoke Spanish independence row

Trump’s catchphrase beats ‘Corbynmania’ and ‘gig economy’ in Collins Dictionary’s shortlist

Bogus results claiming false polling results could lead to fresh bout of violence