The government is cracking down on misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. A rapid response unit within the Cabinet Office is working with social media firms to remove fake news and harmful content. Culture Secretary Oliver […]
The German reporter Claas Relotius, accused by top news magazine Der Spiegel of faking stories, could now face embezzlement charges. Der Spiegel says it is filing a criminal complaint alleging he solicited donations for Syrian […]
Indian police have arrested 16 people after two men became the latest victims of hysteria over WhatsApp rumours of child kidnappers. The men had stopped to ask directions in north-eastern Assam state when they were […]
A writer who became notorious for peddling “fake news” during the 2016 US election campaign has died at 38. Paul Horner was found dead in his bed in Laveen, Arizona, on 18 September, after a […]
Fake news can have real consequences – and, as a B.C. court heard this week, it can lead to real costs. A B.C. Supreme Court judge awarded “special costs” to the plaintiff in a five-year […]
A 28-year-old North Carolina man charged in a shooting in a Washington pizzeria that fake news reports claimed was a front for a child sex ring is due to appear in federal court on Friday. […]
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