Around 60 partners signed up for the GMA Network-led “Panata Kontra Fake News” (Pledge Against Fake News), including the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) and several print, broadcast, and online news ...

But in addition to its use as a pithy punchline for anti-media trolls, fake news has been weaponized by politicians over the past year to discredit media reports that they dislike.

With the 24-hour news cycle, the ease of sharing and spreading information via social media, and the increasing democratization of publishing tools, journalists and media consumers alike face a ...

News and media literacy the way it’s always been taught may not be the right response to fake news woes “Should we still think of news as a separate space, as a specific type of information?” By Shan ...

The funny thing about fake news is how mind-numbingly boring it can be. Not the fakes themselves — they’re constructed to be catnip clickbait to stoke the fires of rage of their intended ...

Another way to spot fake news on social media is the use of "sensational headlines," while photos can often be presented out of context.

Social media companies exercise only limited control, permitting lies, fake news and intentionally divisive content to proliferate.

The Washington Post’ s Margaret Sullivan uses her latest column to call for journalists to stop using the phrase “fake news,” a term reporters and activists have used over the past few ...

Obviously “fake” news, false stories, deliberately created to misinform, are only part of the problem. Another is a more familiar tactic for the “traditional” media: using verifiable facts ...

Researchers at Lancaster University are drawing connections between the language used in April Fools stories and so-called "fake news." ...