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Media accelerator Matter is gunning for fake news

February 13, 2017
Haje Jan Kamps

 It’s becoming harder and harder to read the news. We’ve gone around the bend from carefully…

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Revel co-founder’s new startup aims to build a web of authentic identities

February 13, 2017
Ingrid Lunden

 As people continue to think about how the rise of “fake news”, psychometric big data, and other…

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Google and Facebook partner for anti-fake news drive during French election

February 6, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 The first round of the French presidential election is due to be held in April. So…

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WTF is fake news?

February 5, 2017
Anthony Ha

 Everyone, even our new president, seems to be talking about “fake news” — just look at…

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Facebook Trending adds headlines for context but drops personalization

January 25, 2017
Josh Constine

 Facebook’s controversial Trending topics feature is sacrificing support for niche interests in favor of an internationally…

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Crunch Report | Sprint Takes 33% Stake in Tidal

January 23, 2017
Khaled "Tito" Hamze

Sprint takes a 33% stake in Tidal, The SEC is investigating Yahoo, a study from Cambridge…

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Fake news’ power to influence shrinks with a contextual warning, study finds

January 23, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 Research conducted by social psychologists at Cambridge University in the UK, and Yale and George Mason…

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Facebook is looking at ways to mitigate the impact of fake news

January 20, 2017
Megan Rose Dickey

 Fake news has been top of mind for a lot of people as of late. After…