Facebook will tell you when you're about to share old news
You'll see a notification when you're linking to something more than 90 days old.
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Facebook removes fake accounts stoking political tension in UK
It also pulled bogus Romanian accounts promoting a political party.
Facebook reportedly took three years to tackle fake news in one country
The social network's reporting tools appear to be ineffective for some.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
AI can write disturbingly believable fake news
Elon Musk's OpenAI is keeping a tight lid on the technology.
WhatsApp deletes 2 million accounts per month to curb fake news
Whether or not this is enough is another matter.
Don't trust all of those health articles you see in your Facebook feed
A study found that seven of the 10 most shared health articles were misleading or flat out wrong.
Twitter banned 2,600 Iran-linked accounts for election meddling
Facebook and Twitter worked together to fight election interference efforts.
Microsoft's mobile Edge browser begins issuing fake news warnings
The NewsGuard tool was previously only available as a desktop plug-in.
WhatsApp limits forwarding worldwide to fight hoaxes and rumors
It's hoping a strategy from India will work in other countries.
Facebook purges more than 500 Russian-led disinformation pages
Facebook continues to play whac-a-mole with propagandists.
YouTube searches for 'RBG' led to slew of bogus conspiracy videos
The site still has work to do cleaning up its searches.
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Facebook will send policy VP to testify in UK instead of Zuckerberg
Richard Allan will have to address fake news and data scandals.
Mark Zuckerberg refuses to testify in the UK yet again
An international committee wants to grill the Facebook CEO over fake news.
Twitter’s new midterm election page already includes fake news
It’s supposed to be a place where users can find election news.
Facebook removed 82 fake accounts and Pages linked to Iran
They were engaged in inauthentic behavior, the company said.
US targets individual Russians in fight against election interference
It's the first overseas operation of its kind.
Fake news is down on Facebook in the US and France, say three studies
Things still not great overall.
Inside Facebook's 'war room' is a battle for public trust
Fighting on multiple fronts.
Americans fear they can’t identify social media bots
Only 66 percent have ever heard of social media bots.
