by William Comcowich | May 31, 2019 | Fake News
New research highlights the pernicious danger of what’s called “junk news.” Junk news – or content from disreputable sources – is shared on Facebook and Twitter four times as much as content from reputable, trusted news outlets, according to a...
by William Comcowich | Apr 16, 2019 | Fake News
The Notre Dame cathedral fire highlighted YouTube’s difficulty in countering fake news. YouTube’s tool that is supposed to counter misinformation mistakenly linked the fire in Paris to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. YouTube put information on the World Trade...
by William Comcowich | Oct 15, 2018 | Fake News
Distribution of fake news and misinformation continues on Twitter, despite the network’s assertion that combatting fake news reports is among its highest priorities. Most of the bot accounts and fake news sites that spread fake news before the 2016 election...
by William Comcowich | Jun 14, 2018 | Fake News
Businesses and celebrities have been under a growing attack from websites that publish fake news. Both large and small companies, nonprofit organizations, entertainers, athletes, politicians and other well-known people never know when a fake news story might accuse...
by William Comcowich | May 14, 2018 | Fake News
Many people blame social media networks for the rapid spread of fake news stories. But our brains may be the real cause. Research shows that fresh, interesting lies are shared more often and spread faster than the boring old truth. Fake news publishers seem to...
by William Comcowich | Apr 25, 2018 | Fake News
Combatting fake news is complicated. Even defining fake news is challenging. Misinformation and disinformation comes in a variety of flavors from a range of actors with different motivations. Researchers are striving to learn why people share fake news articles...
