President Yoweri Museveni will on Tuesday make a presentation on the impact of fake news at a one-day interactive session on “Media Coverage and National Security in Uganda”. The dialogue organised by the Ministry of Security, will also have the ICT minister Frank Tumwebaze, Security Minister Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde, …
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Stockholm, Sweden | AFP | Swedish and Norwegian newspapers on Friday said they would refrain from the tradition of publishing April Fools’ Day jokes this year over fears that it might spread “fake news”. Magnus Karlsson, editor-in-chief at the daily Smalandsposten said on its website that he doesn’t want the newspaper’s …
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Sharing skills in avoiding emotional manipulation, detecting paid content, hate speech, fake videos, photos By: Aleksander Dardeli In response to the wave of fake news that inundated the recent presidential election campaign in the United States, much attention has been devoted to those who produce or spread those stories. The …
Read More »Facebook lets users click to report fake news
Washington, United States | AFP | Facebook announced Thursday it was offering a tool allowing users to report fake news, a move aimed at stemming a wave of misinformation which some claim influenced the 2016 US election. “We believe in giving people a voice and that we cannot become arbiters …
Read More »Clinton warns of danger of fake news ‘epidemic’
Washington, United States | AFP | Hillary Clinton issued a stern warning Thursday against the proliferation of fake news, branding it an epidemic with “real world consequences” that must be addressed in order to protect the nation’s democracy. The Democrat Clinton lost last month’s presidential election to Republican Donald Trump …
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