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  1. The man behind one of America's biggest 'fake news' websites is a former BBC worker from London whose mother writes many of his stories. Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 35, runs YourNewsWire.com, the source of scores of dubious news stories, including claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit.

  2. Feb 1, 2017 · First: If you tap the V button at the top right of a post and then choose “Report this post,” you’ll see a new option called “It’s a fake news story.”. On the next screen, you’ll ...

  3. Dec 14, 2016 · Craig Silverman of BuzzFeed News has spent years studying media inaccuracy. He explains how false stories during the presidential campaign were spread on Facebook and monetized by Google AdSense.

  4. Apr 9, 2017 · Much of the work to highlight fake news is being underpinned by fact checking organisations. For its advice to users, Facebook has consulted with UK fact-checking group Full Fact. Separately, Full ...

  5. But it was only in the prior sites visited for around 6 percent of real news articles. 2. Fake news had a wide reach. More than one-quarter of voting-age adults visited a fake news website ...

  6. Jan 19, 2018 · Facebook recently announced other reforms that, the company estimates, will result in less news in the News Feed overall — from the current 5 percent down to an estimated 4 percent. Fake news ...

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  8. Sep 11, 2020 · The term “fake news” took off in 2015 when news outlets reported on the prevalence of fake online articles. These fake articles gained steam to the point that during the 2016 election cycle ...