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Boomers Share the Most Fake News on Facebook, Study Finds
A new study found that age was the main factor that determined whether someone would spread misinformation on Facebook.
You can blame your baby boomer parents for spreading fake news
“Aside from the overall rarity of the practice, our most robust and consistent finding is that older Americans were more likely to share articles from fake news domains.”
The DRC claiming it shut down the Internet to "stop the spread of fake news" is fake news
“The government is blatantly lying."
'I’m Like a Lawyer Defending My Political Clients': A Profile of a Social Media Puppet Master
In the final part of "Mass Confusion," writer Adi Renaldi spends the day with a man who coordinates everything from the most-positive social strategies to the darkest of black campaigns.
'This Is Pure Business. It Has Nothing to Do With Personal Politics': Inside the Hoax Industry
In part two of "Mass Confusion," journalist Adi Renaldi meets the people who create black campaigns and learns how a hoax goes from an operative's Twitter account to trending in a matter of minutes.
Indonesia's 2019 Election Is Keeping Fake News Fact Checkers Way Too Busy
In part one of "Mass Confusion," writer Adi Renaldi meets the people who are trying to combat the spread of hoaxes in the run-up to April's election.
In Singapore, Sharing 'Fake News' Can Get You Sued By the Prime Minister
The latest battle over free speech is about an article shared, without comment, by a columnist with a long history of criticizing the government.
The EU is making U.S. tech giants file monthly reports on Russian fake news
“We cannot allow the internet to become a Wild West where anything goes."
Even Fox News thinks Trump went too far with Jim Acosta
Trump's favorite network isn't siding with him on this one.
CNN sues Trump for barring Jim Acosta from the White House
“This severe and unprecedented punishment is the culmination of years of hostility by President Trump against CNN and Acosta based on the contents of their reporting."
Trump’s war on the media is driving students to journalism
How a "Trump and the media" course by a former New York Times editor in Toronto is changing career paths.