What does the Commons Facebook report tell us?

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The UK Parliament’s cross-party Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee published its final report on Disinformation and ‘fake news’ on Monday of this week, 18th February 2019. It is Titled: Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Final Report While generic in nature regarding the issue of Fake News, it is rather damming regarding specific organisations such as … Read more

Using Technology to detect Fake News

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Below are two variations of a story, one is fake news and the other is real. Read both and see if you can work it out. It comes from about January in 2017. Example 1 Nintendo Switch game console to launch in March for $299 – The Nintendo Switch video game console will sell for … Read more

Your Fake News problem is not just “them” it’s you.

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On 9th August Time magazine published a really great article titled “How Your Brain Tricks You Into Believing Fake News“. I can highly recommend reading. It dives below the surface into the heart of the problem and is not simply another article having a bit of a moan about it all. I have one huge … Read more

Are Scientists really hunting for the Loch Ness Monster?

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There is a story that has been picked up by the media regarding a group of scientists who have embarked upon a hunt for the Loch Ness Monster. For example we have this Reuters story … Scientists plan DNA hunt for Loch Ness monster next month LONDON (Reuters) – A global team of scientists plans … Read more