Essays on Fake News

Facebook Inc., facing withering criticism for failing to stem a flood of phony news articles in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election, is taking a series of steps to weed out hoaxes and other types of false information, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said in …

Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Facebook Inc. on Monday announced measures aimed at halting the spread of "fake news" on the internet by targeting how some purveyors of phony content make money: advertising.Google said it is working on a policy change to prevent websites that misrepresent content …

Professional journalists are authoritative sources the public upholds to receive current and accurate information about a variety of topics. Unfortunately, that is not the case for some publications. “Faking It Sex Lies and Magazines,” by Liza Featherstone, uncovers the truth about racy magazines. Journalist admit …

The twenty-first century has seen technological advances like no other time before. In the span of twenty and so years the world saw technology moving from recently created computers that used dial-up Internet, to devices that can take pictures and film videos -now up to …

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday addressed  that fake news on the social network influenced the outcome of the election, downplaying the service's role in people's decision-making process."Personally, I think the idea that fake news on Facebook — of which, it's a very small amount of the …

The shocking headlines of the past year entitled “Pope Francis shocks the world, endorses Donald Trump for president.” and “Ten thousands’ of fraudulent votes found in Ohio warehouse.” all has one thing in common: They weren’t true. That it was all manufactured out of malice …

Fake news has more history than thought it would. I didn’t really think about how much when I started my research. Fake news is something the world has been battling since authority figures have been in place. Knowledge is power, those people in power are …