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   Fake news

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   • 1. false information that is broadcast or published as news for fraudulent or politically motivated purposes: "fake news, exploding on social media, is seeping into the mainstream"

   Word Origin late 19th century: from fake1 + news, popularized in 2016 during and after the US presidential election.

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   What is fake news?

   • Media scholar Nolan Higdon has defined fake news as "false or misleading content presented as news and communicated in formats spanning spoken, written, printed, electronic, and digital communication". Higdon has also argued that the definition of fake news has been applied too narrowly to select mediums and political ideologies.

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   What is a false news story?

   • Fake news definition: false news stories, often of a sensational nature, created to be widely shared or distributed for the purpose of generating revenue, or promoting or discrediting a public figure, political movement, company, etc.. See examples of FAKE NEWS used in a sentence.

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   What is a fake news law & how does it work?

   • The bill was passed June 3, 2019. Commencing on October 2, 2019, the law is designed specifically to allow authorities to respond to fake news or false information through a graduated process of enforcing links to fact-checking statements, censorship of website or assets on social media platforms, and criminal charges.

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   What is a fake news ad?

   • These commercials can often include fake news anchors that pretend to be neutral observers even though they are all participants in a ruse to sell something. The first story uploaded on to the site, as a test, was a fake news story. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

   FAKE NEWS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Fake_newsFake news - Wikipedia

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   Fake news or information disorder is false or misleading information (misinformation, including disinformation, propaganda, and hoaxes) presented as news. Fake news often has the aim of damaging the reputation of a person or entity, or making money through advertising revenue.

4. www.dictionary.com › browse › fake-newsFAKE NEWS Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Fake news definition: false news stories, often of a sensational nature, created to be widely shared or distributed for the purpose of generating revenue, or promoting or discrediting a public figure, political movement, company, etc.. See examples of FAKE NEWS used in a sentence.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › fake-newsFAKE NEWS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of fake news, false stories that appear to be news, spread on the internet or using other media, usually created to influence political views or as a joke. See examples of fake news and related words and phrases.

6. cits.ucsb.edu › fake-news › what-is-fake-newsWhat is Fake News? | Center for Information Technology and ...

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   The term fake news means “news articles that are intentionally and verifiably false” [1] designed to manipulate people’s perceptions of real facts, events, and statements. It’s about information presented as news that is known by its promoter to be false based on facts that are demonstrably incorrect, or statements or events that ...

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › fake-newsFAKE NEWS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of fake news, which are false stories that appear to be news, spread on the internet or using other media, usually created to influence political views or as a joke. See examples of fake news and related words and phrases.

8. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › fake newsFake news Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of FAKE is not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit, sham. How to use fake in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Fake.

9. oxfordre.com › communication › displayFake News | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication

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   The circulation of fake news refers to the different ways false information has been disseminated and amplified, often through communication technologies such as social media and search engines.