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A Fake News Item is a news item that intentionally contains information with minimal veracity.
- Context:
- It can be posted in a Fake-News Website.
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- Example(s):
- e.g. during the November 2015 Paris terror attacks, rumours quickly spread on social media that the Louvre and Pompidou Centre had been hit, and that François Hollande had suffered a stroke.
- news that Cameron had performed necro-bestiality (on a pig) during his fraternity days.
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Fake News Websites in The United States, News Satire, Hoax, False Information, Conspiracy Theory.
References
2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fake_news Retrieved:2016-12-26.
- Fake news may refer to:
- Fake news website, websites publishing false news to drive web traffic, often using clickbait, for purposes of swaying opinions or making profit
- News satire, websites publishing fake or parody news for purposes of entertainment or criticism
- Hoaxes, false news stories created with the intention to mislead people
- Fraud, false news stories created with the intention to commit crime such as a felony, or a civil law violation
- Fake news may refer to:
2016
- http://theguardian.com/media/2016/jul/12/how-technology-disrupted-the-truth
- QUOTE: … In the digital age, it is easier than ever to publish false information, which is quickly shared and taken to be true – as we often see in emergency situations, when news is breaking in real time. To pick one example among many, during the November 2015 Paris terror attacks, rumours quickly spread on social media that the Louvre and Pompidou Centre had been hit, and that François Hollande had suffered a stroke. Trusted news organisations are needed to debunk such tall tales. …
2016
- https://www.facebook.com/tom.steinberg.503/posts/10157028566365237
- QUOTE: … I am actively searching through Facebook for people celebrating the Brexit leave victory, but the filter bubble is SO strong, and extends SO far into things like Facebook's custom search that I can't find anyone who is happy *despite the fact that over half the country is clearly jubilant today* and despite the fact that I'm *actively* looking to hear what they are saying. This echo-chamber problem is now SO severe and SO chronic that I can only only beg any friends I have who actually work for Facebook and other major social media and technology to urgently tell their leaders that to not act on this problem now is tantamount to actively supporting and funding the tearing apart of the fabric of our societies. …