Posts Tagged ‘fake news’
The fake information epidemic and how it will hurt local search in 2017
pinocchio-toy-lies Fake news and its influence on the election dominated headlines for weeks as fabricated news reports went viral and the election results shocked the nation. But fake news is just one tentacle of a troubling and growing trend of fake media content. The headlines simply brought to light what is a much wider problem:…
Read MoreHow Google is tackling fake news, and why it should not do it alone
Fact-checking and preventing fake news from appearing in search results will remain a big priority for search engines in 2017. Following the US election and Brexit, increased focus is being placed on how social networks and search engines can avoid showing “fake news” to users. However, this is a battle that search engines cannot — and…
Read MoreGo On a Media Diet
Too many of us are chewing up hours each day in an effort to “stay informed” and “keep up” but also to waste time in between other tasks. It’s time to go on a diet. A media diet. How to Start Your Media Diet Look at the blogs and newsletters you currently receive. You already…
Read MoreWhy Google might not be able to stop “fake news”
Last week, Google pledged to fight “fake news” in its search results yet offered up no solutions to the problem. That’s likely because Google has no easy fix. Google especially came under fire after it listed a site with incorrect “final” US presidential election counts as the top listing for searches such as “final votes”…
Read MoreFacebook may start flagging fake news posts, says Mark Zuckerberg
On Facebook nobody knows if you’re a liar. But they might someday soon. Facebook is considering flagging to its users when a piece of content posted to Facebook has been reported as false by Facebook users or entities outside of Facebook, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post published Friday night. To flag…
Read MoreGoogle posts its new policy against fake news & ‘misrepresentative’ sites
Google has posted a new policy for AdSense publishers regarding advertising on pages and sites with “misrepresentative” content. The new policy went live midday Tuesday, stating: Users don’t want to be misled by the content they engage with online. For this reason, Google ads may not be placed on pages that misrepresent, misstate, or conceal…
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