Fake NEWS

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Russia moves to control online speech with new law banning “fake news” and “disrespect”

Jessica Baron, PhD
March 21, 2019

Russia appears to be continuing its march towards replicating China’s “Great Firewall” and creating its own, independent Internet by passing two controversial new laws banning certain types of online content.…

mit researchers to use deep learning to fight fake news

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MIT scientists create new deep learning model that aims to identify fake news

Jessica Baron, PhD
February 5, 2019

Ever wonder how those fake news-detecting algorithms actually work? What, exactly, do they look for and how do they determine the context of a news story in order to classify…

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Somehow Facebook continues to grow, despite constant scandal

Noor Imtiaz
February 2, 2019

Facebook announced their quarterly earnings on Wednesday. The tech giant has been drenched in scandals that show no signs of slowing down. Their latest squabble with Apple over Facebook Research…

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Junk News; Not all NEWS on the Internet is believable

Noor Imtiaz
December 2, 2018

Researchers in Oxford have worked on the dilemma of the internet playing a role in ‘junk news.’ Their research focuses its hypotheses, statistical analyses, and conclusions on the 2018 midterm elections…

Russia moves to control online speech with new law banning “fake news” and “disrespect”

MIT scientists create new deep learning model that aims to identify fake news

Junk News; Not all NEWS on the Internet is believable

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