Lebanon #Disinformation: the online threat to protest in the Middle East
Social media users face attacks from influencers and fake accounts at home and abroad Ruth Michaelson in Cairo and Michael Safi in Amman Sun 15 Dec 2019 When […]
How fact-checking can win the fight against misinformation
Oct 20,2019 – JORDAN TIMES By Peter Cunliffe-Jones, Laura Zommer, Noko Makgato and Will Moy JOHANNESBURG — According to fact-checkers at the Washington Post, US President Donald Trump has […]
Facebook exempts political speech from fact-checking
AFP September 25, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook will not fact-check the statements politicians post to the site, the social network announced Tuesday ahead of the US 2020 elections, […]
Hitler, tweets and Trump: What do they have in common?
The internet and social media would have fascinated the dictator, who was a fool for technology. So is the president. But it’s the anonymity of hatred that make online trolls […]
Exclusive: After bruising election, Indonesia to vet public servants to identify Islamists
Source: Swiss Info By Kanupriya Kapoor JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia plans to tighten vetting of senior public servants amid fears that hardline Islamist ideology has permeated high levels of government, […]
‘We’re not Chinese officers’: Indonesia fights anti-China disinformation
May 24, 2019 – 16:15 By Tabita Diela and Fanny Potkin JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian police arrested a man on Friday accused of creating an anti-Chinese disinformation campaign to […]
Ignore the Propaganda: A US War Against Iran Would Be a Costly Mistake
Democrats must make this an election issue to ensure the Trump administration keeps the country out of another war of choice by Richard Silverstein Last Sunday, four oil tankers at […]
Facebook busts Israel-based network aimed at disrupting elections in multiple countries
ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM Published 16.05.2019 Facebook says it has identified a private Israel-based influence campaign aimed at disrupting elections in various countries and has canceled dozens of accounts that engaged […]
A real photo of Pakistani PM Imran Khan with Ahmadi leader ?
AFP Fact Check No, this is not a real photo of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan with a religious minority leader after a ‘secret meeting’ AFP Pakistan Facebook Twitter Email Published on Thursday 02 May 2019 At 15:25 An image shared thousands of times in multiple Facebook posts purports to […]
Fact-checkers vs. hoax peddlers: a fake news battle ahead of Indonesia’s election
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 11, 2019 FILE PHOTO: A man takes selfie pictures with a cutout of Indonesia’s presidential candidate for the upcoming election Prabowo Subianto during […]
Facebook takes down Indonesia accounts linked to fake news syndicate
Feb 1, 2019 – 05:02 http://www.swissinfo.ch JAKARTA (Reuters) – Facebook Inc has removed hundreds of Indonesian accounts, pages and groups from its social network that the company has found […]
Soldier Goes Missing In Iraq, But Turns Up Years Later With A Story To Tell
By JJ Foster, Jul 31, 2018 Who Is She? At one point, Jessica Lynch dominated the media across the states and beyond. But the soldier wasn’t prepared to be part […]
The Relotius Case? Answers to the Most Important Questions (Fake News in Der Spiegel)
In recent years, DER SPIEGEL published just under 60 articles by reporter and editor Claas Relotius. He has now admitted that, in several instances, he either invented stories or […]
Beneath the Official Lies and Sordid Story Leading up to the War on Iraq: Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski’s Sam Adams Award Acceptance
Global Research, December 10, 2018 Here is Karen Kwiatowski’s acceptance speech for the 2018 Sam Adams Award at a ceremony in Washington on Saturday night, preceded by the citation, that […]
How Facebook fuelled France’s yellow rebellion
7 December 2018 With names like “Angry Drivers of Normandy”, Facebook groups are the nerve centre of the “yellow vest” protest movement raging across France — and increasingly, a breeding […]
Why Does President Trump Get Away With Lying? | Opinion
Lee McIntyre On 11/20/18 Opinion Most politicians lie. Or do they? Even if we could find some isolated example of a politician who was scrupulously honest—former President Jimmy Carter, […]
Fake news in Turkey: Hunting for truth in land of conspiracy
By Mark Lowen BBC Turkey correspondent, Istanbul 15 November 2018 Image caption The BBC’s Mark Lowen has himself been the subject of absurd allegations in Turkish media A headscarved woman whose baby was kicked while she was urinated on by anti-government demonstrators. Veteran political activist Noam Chomsky championing President […]
Blasphemy case: Fake images show Aasia Bibi leaving Pakistan
AP Filed on November 12, 2018 Pakistan’s government struggling with a crisis surrounding Aasia Bibi – a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy charges after eight years on death row […]
Lack of perspective: Why journalists should be haunted by a history of blinkered reporting
When news of the Holocaust first hit papers, it didn’t make the front page – now, writers report impending wars that never materialise. Both approaches are dangerous, says Robert Fisk […]
Concern over fake news increases
İBRAHIM ALTAY PublishedJune 25, 2018 This year’s report by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism shows that the exposure to fake news is higher than ever and more […]