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Misinformation woes could multiply with ‘deepfake’ videos
‘Deepfake’ videos that manipulate reality are becoming more sophisticated due to advances in artificial intelligence.
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Pope Francis warns against Internet 'disinformation'
The Internet 'is a source of knowledge and relationships that were once unthinkable,' the Argentine pope said in a message for the World Day of Social Communications.
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SAPS condemns fake 'white people brought crime to SA' quote attributed to Sitole
A fake news story circulating on social media quotes Sitole as saying "white people brought crime to South Africa", among other things.
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Nigeria media unites against 'fake news' and 'a million Trumps'
The CrossCheck Nigeria project aims to get normally competing newsrooms to work together to investigate and disprove erroneous claims, particularly on social media.
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Unisa investigates after employee alleged to be behind fake news websites
News24 revealed that the employee was behind the set-up of more than 10 fake news sites and that he was making money off them through adverts.
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On eve of vote, US warns voters to look for Russian fake news
The announcement came days after a new study found that misinformation on social media was spreading at a greater rate than during the run-up to the 2016 presidential vote.
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Nobel laureates seek guarantees to 'reliable information'
World leaders should take a stand on the matter when they gather for a November 11-13 'Peace Forum' in Paris, the signatories urged.
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Brazil's next president declares war on 'fake news' media
Several seasoned journalists working for Brazil’s biggest news organisations told Reuters in recent weeks they have started to throttle back their criticism.
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Researchers: Despite crackdown, ‘junk news’ still flourishes on social media
Oxford Internet Institute researchers concluded that Facebook and Twitter remain filled with ‘extremist, sensationalist, conspiratorial, masked commentary,’ and other forms of ‘low-quality’ news.
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Fake news accounts: Nigerian social media’s copycat issue
Nigeria has an unenviable reputation around the world for corruption and is known particularly for its ‘419’ email scams.
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[ANALYSIS] Why do so many people fall for fake profiles online?
Almost every online deception, fraud and scam – even propaganda and misinformation campaigns – begins with a fake social media profile. How do fakers get real people to agree to be friends?
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Trump social media 'censorship' claim is fake but widely believed
The US president returned to the topic on Friday with a tweet saying: "Social Media Giants are silencing millions of people... People have to figure out what is real, and what is not, without censorship!"
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'If I see them, I'm going to shoot them'
The debate around media freedom has been ratcheted up after a caller threatened to kill two CNN news anchors live on air.
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Facebook fakers get better at covering tracks, security experts say
The company said on Tuesday it had removed 32 fake pages and accounts from Facebook and Instagram involved in what it called 'coordinated inauthentic behaviour.'
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[ANALYSIS] The term ‘fake news’ is doing great harm
Not only do different people have opposing views about the meaning of ‘fake news’, in practice the term undermines the intellectual values of democracy – and there is a real possibility that it means nothing.
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UK MPs: Tech firms should be made liable for ‘fake news’ on sites
Facebook has increasingly become a focus of the media committee’s inquiry into ‘fake news’.
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[FAKE NEWS ALERT] Claims Mr Bean is dead will give your PC a virus
News posts claiming actor Rowan Atkinson, who found fame with the Mr Bean character, has died could give your computer a virus.
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Gordhan says SA may be experiencing 'Bell Pottinger Part II'
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gorhan says the country is having to deal with other fake news entities.
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WhatsApp launches Indian media blitz to dispel fake news woes
Beatings and deaths triggered by false incendiary messages in India, WhatsApp’s biggest market with more than 200 million users, caused a public relations nightmare.
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Mitchells Plain CPF urges residents to help combat fake news
The body says that over the past few months, false voice notes and text messages have been circulated amid protests and community violence.
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Mitchells Plain CPF develops new tagging system to curb fake news
The body says over the past few months, false voice notes and text messages have been circulated amid protests and community violence.
