Britain’s House of Commons cross party committee inquiry has heard disturbing evidence of fake news‘ factories using platforms to exert influence. … the election but they were fake accounts and we are using those technical tools to reduce the chance that they might be used to spread disinformation.”.

Legislation that attempt to criminalize the spread of “fake news” and disinformation may be used to curtail press freedom and free speech, a veteran journalist said on Monday. At the Democracy and Disinformation conference in Manila, Peter Greste, a former TV journalist for the BBC and Al-Jazeera, …

The video illustrated the several times the president has flip-flopped on his claims and deliberately peddled disinformation in his public speeches. Disinformation is defined as false information that are spread to deliberately mislead the public. (READ: Duterte is No. 1 source of fake news – veteran …

Among them: “sexifying” legitimate stories in a social media environment of well-disguised fake news and peddlers who attract a strong following. “This is a case where the truth is a much harder sell than the lies,” Cherian George, a journalism scholar from Singapore, told the forum. Journalists are in a …

Already available tools for audio and video manipulation have begun to look like a potential fake news Manhattan Project. …. and now members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, against disinformation campaigns from trolls — and Ovadya (though they work separately) are beginning to talk more …

In the Philippines, discussions on how to fight fake news and disinformation have reached the Senate after a blogger allegedly claimed that some pro-administration lawmakers refused to sign a resolution against the killing of minors. The senators mentioned on the blogger’s list cried “fake news.”.

Or, as Francis put it regarding the difficulty of unmasking fake news to people not listening to differing opinions: “ Disinformation thus thrives on the absence of healthy confrontation with other sources of information that could effectively challenge prejudices and generate constructive dialogue.” Ralph R.

“Clearly, we need to strengthen quality education and launch a solid attack on disinformation and fake news,” Aquino said. “There are a lot of Filipinos who get confused with data and who find it hard to discern the truth. This is even more distressing when we consider how Filipinos resort to threats and …

The study’s title is equally kilometric: “Architects of Networked Disinformation: Behind the Scenes of Troll Accounts and Fake News Production in the Philippines.” One interesting finding is that the main producers of disinformation in social media in the Philippines are not the troll armies of Mocha Uson, …

Bookmark this page to watch the Democracy and Disinformation Forum live on Rappler. Full program available soon. MANILA, Philippines … The forum will tackle how “fake news” and other forms of disinformation threaten our freedoms, and how to fight back. Watch the forum live on Rappler. – Rappler.