Deepfakes can put the credibility of news organizations at stake
We are now entering an era when the video footage we see with our eyes can be manipulated in a very sophisticated manner. Fake news…
The FT: We stopped advertising on Facebook and the effect was negligible
Speaking at GroupM’s Fake News briefing in London’s Southbank today, Commercial Director Jon Slade disclosed that the Financial Times had stopped all advertising on Facebook…
Fact or opinion? News consumers struggling to distinguish, says Pew
News outlets must understand consumer issues in order to address the ongoing issues and impact of fake news and misinformation. In fact, trust in those…
People are “unable to distinguish” between entertainment and news, Ofcom research shows
Many news consumers are “acutely aware of getting left behind in the 24/7 news cycle” and are prioritizing “quantity over depth in their news intake”,…
SmartNews crosses 10 million monthly users as it counters “fake news”
The award-winning news discovery app, SmartNews, just crossed 10 million monthly active users (in the U.S. and Japan), fuelled by a 200% year-over-year growth in…
To combat fake news, WhatsApp introduces a new feature
WhatsApp is getting serious about the fight against the spread of fake news, and with that, some meaningful changes are coming to its app. This…
Facebook goes on the offensive “to promote high-quality journalism and news literacy”
Facebook has already been tackling the spread of false news across its network for the last year and a half, and now they are upping…
Content conundrum: Criteria to determine content value
With the plethora of media choices, how do consumers choose their content? There are several opinions as to how we determine if a piece of…
How Publishers Can Combat Fake News
Fake news is a major issue. Not only are publishers and companies like Facebook and Google being forced to rethink what their role is in…
Latest research shows consumers’ deep ties to premium news content
Global Study Examines Differences in Perception Between Quality News Publications vs. Social Media New research from Teads, the leading video ad marketplace, shows that due…
Prof Charlie Beckett on the LSE’s Truth, Trust and Technology Commission
In this week’s episode the Media Voices crew hear from the London School of Economics’ professor Charlie Beckett about its Truth, Trust & Technology Commission*,…
EU ‘to threaten’ firms with new laws over fake news and data mining
Brussels may threaten social media companies with regulation unless they move urgently to tackle fake news and Cambridge Analytica-style use of personal data before the…
