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Importance of Transparency in News ReportingThere can be no argument that the media is more influential today than ever before. Millions of Americans look to the media to learn about and understand the events taking place in our country.…

Top line Google has threatened to disable its search functionality in Australia, while Facebook threatened to ban news content from its platform if the government doesn't back off its plans to get tech giants to pay media for their…

The pandemic has resulted in social media accounts operated by malicious actors who aim to sow misinformation about COVID-19. As vaccination campaigns begin, they threaten to curb the push for herd immunity around the world.…

This week, citing sources familiar with the matter, BuzzFeed News wrote that Facebook is developing an AI tool that will aggregate news articles so users don't have to read them. The tool, code-named “TLDR” based on the acronym “too…

Facebook will bring its standalone Facebook News tab to the UK in early 2021.The social network introduced Facebook News as a standalone tab in its flagship mobile application in October 2019, designed for the work of around 200 news…

The winners of the #FakeHunter Challenge 2020 to find and refute fake news online recently announced their winners. The more than 2,000 applicants had a lot to do in a year dominated by Covid-19 and the 2020 presidential election. The…

The Twitter feed of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, appears on a phone screen with ... American flag in the background in this illustration photo taken on August 2, 2020. President of the United States Donald…

Recently Google CEO Sundar Pichai was asked to testify before Congress about possible biases in Google's algorithms. This isn't the first time Google has been accused of bias, and it probably won't be the last. Google claims there is no…

YouTube recommended a clip of Tucker Carlson more than almost any other news video ... last weeks Fox News on YouTube YouTube's recommendation algorithm, which decides which videos people watch next, is…

In a recent post, Brian Krebs discussed a technique for interrupting 8chan, a controversial message board. Ron Guilmette, a security researcher, stated that NT Technology, the hosting company of the current operator of 8chan, no…