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A Doctor Who Met Putin Just Tested Positive, and Russia’s COVID-19 Crackdowns Could Get Real Ugly

Mar 31, 2020

MOSCOW—Amid a growing uproar in newly locked-down Russia, news broke on Tuesday that a doctor President Vladimir Putin met with just a week ago during a highly publicized visit to a coronavirus treatment facility has now tested positive for the infection himself.

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Group Chats Making You Anxious? Us, Too. Here's How To Manage Them

Mar 26, 2020

Group Chats Making You Anxious? Us, Too. Here's How To Manage Them

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Coronavirus: why are your parents sending you so much fake news? – podcast

Mar 24, 2020

An avalanche of misinformation, fake news and hoaxes are being shared widely online as people seek reliable information on the coronavirus crisis. The Guardian’s media editor, Jim Waterson, examines where the falsehoods are coming from

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WhatsApp in talks with NHS to set up coronavirus chatbot

Mar 20, 2020

News comes as app seeks to shed image as hub for fake news about pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhatsApp is in talks to set up a dedicated NHS chatbot to allow people to access basic information about the coronavirus pandemic, sources with knowledge of the discussions told the Guardian, as the messaging service seeks to shed its growing reputation as a hub for disinformation about the pandemic.

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Murder, madness and tigers: behind the year's wildest Netflix series

Mar 20, 2020

The directors of Tiger King thought they were making a film on big cat ownership in the US. Then their subject was charged with plotting a murder

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Twitter to remove harmful fake news about coronavirus

Mar 19, 2020

Site changes rules to ban content aimed at making people act against official adviceCoronavirus latest newsTwitter will remove tweets that run the risk of causing harm by spreading dangerous misinformation about Covid-19, the company has said, after weeks of criticism that its policies on misinformation were too lax.

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Putin Worries Coronavirus Could Screw Up His Constitutional ‘Coronation’

Mar 17, 2020

MOSCOW—Around the world, more than 5,000 people have died from COVID-19 and European countries are closing their borders one after another, but authorities in Russia—adjacent to both Europe and China—continue acting as if people here in the motherland have some kind of magical immunity.

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WhatsApp Groups Are Spreading Coronavirus Myths. Here’s How To Avoid Them

Mar 09, 2020

WhatsApp Groups Are Spreading Coronavirus Myths. Here’s How To Avoid Them

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Putin says Russia targeted from abroad by fake news on coronavirus

Mar 04, 2020

Russia has been targeted from abroad by foes spreading fake news about the coronavirus to sow panic, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.

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Martin Lewis calls for publishers to act over fake news ads

Feb 27, 2020

Call comes after outlets including Mail Online ran promotions announcing his death

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Iran to Sentence Citizens Who “Spreads Rumors” about Coronavirus to Flogging, Three Years in Prison

Feb 26, 2020

An Iranian parliament spokesman on Wednesday announced that anyone found to be "spreading rumors" about the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak will be sentenced to one-to-three years in prison and flogging, Iran state news agency IRNA reported.

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Rappler editor Maria Ressa: 'They could shut us down tomorrow'

Feb 25, 2020

Philippines journalist leading war on fake news may be jailed for 12 years on libel charges

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Americans Show Fresh Signs of Panic as Coronavirus Cases Jump Again

Feb 24, 2020

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Monday that the number of 2019 novel coronavirus cases in the United States rose from 34 on Friday to 53 as more passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship tested positive for the disease.

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Boris Johnson is the ultimate purveyor of fake news | Roy Greenslade

Feb 23, 2020

The ‘brilliant entertainer’, aware of the tricks of his old trade, is doing everything to avoid being subject to its wiles

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Trump cries fake news as image of dramatic orange tan line goes viral

Feb 08, 2020

* Photo from White House south lawn draws amusement * Indignant Trump says image ‘photoshopped, obviously’An image of a windswept Donald Trump, which appears to show a dramatic forehead tan line through his blown-back blond hair, has gone viral – prompting the hashtag orangeface to trend on Twitter.

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YouTube reinforces guidelines on fighting misleading election content

Feb 03, 2020

YouTube will remove any content that has been "technically doctored" or manipulated or misleads the user about the voting process or makes false claims about a candidate, it said in a blog https://youtube.googleblog.com post.

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The Last Days Of Brussels: Here's What It Was Like In The EU Parliament On Brexit Eve

Jan 31, 2020

There was singing. There were tears and jeers. People waved flags and scarves for rival camps.

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The Surreal Saga of Disgraced GOP Congressman Duncan Hunter and His Campaign’s Missing $250K

Jan 24, 2020

The writers’ room for this season of being alive really balled out when they dreamed up the Duncan Hunter arc.

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Rebecca Long-Bailey 'Personally' Supported Stricter Abortion Rules

Jan 16, 2020

Labour leadership candidate Rebecca Long-Bailey has supported stricter limits on abortion.

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Pneumonia Outbreak in China Spurs Fever Checks From Singapore to Taiwan

Jan 02, 2020

(Bloomberg) -- A mysterious pneumonia outbreak that’s sickened dozens of people in China has prompted airports in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan to introduce fever screening, as scientists search for the infectious source.

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9 Times British Politics Was So Absurd In 2019, You Laughed And Then Wept With Despair

Dec 26, 2019

1. Jo Swinson the squirrel killerThe Lib Dems didn’t achieve much this year but at least leader Jo Swinson can lay claim to being the victim of the year’s weirdest fake news scandal.

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Fossil Fuel Giants Claim To Support Climate Science, Yet Still Fund Denial

Dec 19, 2019

Most energy companies now acknowledge that burning fossil fuels is warming the planet. And yet many continue to fund disinformation about industry’s role in climate change and its harm to human health.

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We can't fight fake news without saving local journalism

Dec 15, 2019

Local news is often trusted more than national news but it is highly vulnerable to online disinformation

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The lies have it: Republicans abandon truth in Trump impeachment defence

Dec 15, 2019

As the GOP counter-offensive runs on fake news and conspiracy theories, critics say truth itself is under attack

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The sick boy, the ‘punch’: the local can still capture the national picture | Kenan Malik

Dec 15, 2019

From regional papers to national TV, fact checking has never been more important in speaking truth to power

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China Was Biggest Jailer of Journalists in 2019, Group Says

Dec 11, 2019

(Bloomberg) -- Sign up for Next China, a weekly email on where the nation stands now and where it's going next.

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11 WTF General Election Moments Ranked From 'Ugh' To 'Let's Burn Everything Down And Start Again'

Dec 11, 2019

11 WTF General Election Moments Ranked From 'Ugh' To 'Let's Burn Everything Down And Start Again'

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Woman whose account spread fake news about boy on hospital floor claims she was hacked

Dec 10, 2019

Woman whose name was on the post denies claiming photo of four-year-old had been stagedFollow the latest election news – liveA medical secretary has claimed her Facebook account was hacked after it was used to post false information claiming that a photograph of an ill boy on the floor at Leeds General Infirmary was staged for political purposes.

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Brace yourself, the flood of lies in this election is about to become a torrent | Nick Cohen

Dec 08, 2019

Democracy is subverted when politicians abuse their own failure to pass strict campaigning laws

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'Conspiracy Theorist' Vanessa Beeley Faces Backlash As Universities Cancel Her 'Journalism' Talks

Dec 06, 2019

Two prominent Canadian universities have cancelled planned talks from a British blogger accused of disseminating Russian disinformation about the war in Syria.

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Good King Wenceslas looks out on a feast of journalism

Dec 06, 2019

Visiting Prague is not just for Christmas – and nor is the act of planting treesPlease donate to our Christmas appeal hereHello and vřelé uvítání from Prague, where we’ve come for some c̶h̶r̶i̶s̶t̶m̶a̶s̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶p̶p̶i̶n̶g̶ conference or other.

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Platitudes, fake news and a Messi mystery: the strange tale of Diego Jokas

Dec 03, 2019

Platitudes, fake news and a Messi mystery: the strange tale of Diego Jokas

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Ex-MP Ian Austin Working With Tories To Target Labour Voters To Back Johnson

Dec 03, 2019

A personal letter from former Labour MP Ian Austin urging voters to back Boris Johnson has been sent by the Tories to key marginal seats across the country.

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Tory In 'Fake News' Ruse After Calling For Anti-Social Council Tenants To Be Housed In Tents

Nov 25, 2019

You’re an election candidate who’s maybe gone a bit too far by calling for anti-social council tenants to be made to live in tents when one of the country’s most senior political journalists shows up... what do you do?

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Tory HQ Has Been Accused Of Misleading People On Twitter – Again

Nov 21, 2019

The Conservative Party has been accused of misleading voters again on social media, this time by tweeting a video of Labour candidate Jess Phillips with the wrong date on it.

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I'm A Celebrity: Nadine Coyle's Response To Girls Aloud Grilling Does Little To Convince Fans

Nov 21, 2019

Jacqueline Jossa asked the questions all Girls Aloud fans have been wondering about when she gave Nadine Coyle a grilling on Wednesday night’s I’m A Celebrity – but the pop star’s responses haven’t exactly convinced everyone.

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Will Jeremy Corbyn Slap A ‘Homes Tax’ On Your House? No He Won't

Nov 20, 2019

The figure is pretty scary, and it’s meant to be. Jeremy Corbyn will slap a tax bill of more than a thousand pounds on your home every year. So shouts a new Tory party election leaflet dropping through letterboxes in this 2019 election.

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The collapse of the information ecosystem poses profound risks for humanity

Nov 19, 2019

The viral spread of misinformation, widening news deserts and the proliferation of fake news will threaten life as we know it

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On The Anniversary Of The Berlin Wall, Europeans Must Continue To Fight For Freedom

Nov 09, 2019

This week, the people of Europe will mark the 30-year commemoration, on 9 November 1989, of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a totemic event in the history of our continent.

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Targeted ads are one of the world's most destructive trends. Here's why | Arwa Mahdawi

Nov 05, 2019

They have led to a proliferation of fake news and clickbait, fuelled surveillance capitalism and normalised pervasive tracking and data-mining. Then there’s their effect on democracy ...

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Ignore Zuckerberg’s self-serving rubbish. Facebook must be regulated | Simon Jenkins

Oct 31, 2019

Intrusion, bullying, obscenity, extremism: we must define what ‘online harm’ means and take action to eradicate itLet us be grateful for small mercies.

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Donald Trump Jr: I Wish I Was Like Hunter Biden So I Could ‘Make Millions Off of My Father’s Presidency’

Oct 30, 2019

Donald Trump Jr: I Wish I Was Like Hunter Biden So I Could ‘Make Millions Off of My Father’s Presidency’

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Less Than A Quarter Of Young People Watched BBC News In The Past Year, Ofcom Report Finds

Oct 24, 2019

Less than a quarter of young people aged 16-24 (23%) tuned into the BBC’s TV news programmes in the past year, Ofcom’s latest report into the broadcaster’s news and current affairs output has revealed.

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Hillary Clinton's attacks on Tulsi Gabbard are embarrassing

Oct 22, 2019

It’s sad that instead of doing something useful with her post-political career, Clinton has decided to lob ludicrous accusations at younger Democrats‘Even though Gabbard may be a flawed messenger, the message itself is correct: we no longer need to hear what Hillary Clinton thinks about anything.’ Photograph: Richard Drew/APHillary Clinton has kept a relatively low profile since her embarrassing 2016 election defeat, popping up only occasionally to make out-of-touch elitist comments that confirm why she lost.

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Fake President Shoots Media Members In Graphic Video Shown At Pro-Trump Event: Report

Oct 14, 2019

A graphic video featuring a fake President Donald Trump stabbing members of the news media and lighting the head of a political rival on fire was played at a conference for his supporters this weekend, according to a report Sunday by The New York Times.

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Will fake news wreck the coming general election?

Oct 06, 2019

Have the social media giants cleaned up their act since the scandals of 2016? We give the big names a healthcheck

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Border Agent Harasses Journalist at U.S. Customs—Again

Oct 04, 2019

Border Agent Harasses Journalist at U.S. Customs—Again

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Jacob Rees-Mogg Urged To Remove Parliament Ads From Breitbart

Oct 03, 2019

Parliament has been accused of “funding hate” after adverts for free tours of the House of Commons appeared on the far-right website Breitbart. Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg faces calls to act after the ads were seen on the American website, where Donald Trump’s former advisor Steve Bannon served as executive chairman until early last year. The UK parliament, not MPs, is responsible for placing adverts promoting the institution at home and abroad and has “paused” the ads while it is reviews its digital policy. But Labour MP Mary Creagh wants Rees-Mogg to intervene as a minister to ensure ads promoting parliament do not appear on fake the site again. In a letter to Rees-Mogg, Creagh describes Breitbart as a “home to misogyny, homophobia, anti-Semitism, islamophobia, racism and wild conspiracy theories”. Her letter asks the minister to ensure “ads do not appear on such websites in the future”.

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Jacob Rees-Mogg Asked To Remove 'Free Visit To UK Parliament' Ads On Breitbart

Oct 03, 2019

Parliament has been accused of “funding hate” after adverts for free tours of the House of Commons appeared on the far-right website Breitbart. Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg faces calls to act after the ads were seen on the American website, which was founded by ex-Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon. The UK parliament, not MPs, is responsible for placing adverts promoting the institution at home and abroad and has “paused” the ads while it is reviews its digital policy. But Labour MP Mary Creagh wants Rees-Mogg to intervene as a minister to ensure ads promoting parliament do not appear on fake the site again. In a letter to Rees-Mogg, Creagh describes Breitbart as a “home to misogyny, homophobia, anti-Semitism, islamophobia, racism and wild conspiracy theories”. Her letter asks the minister to ensure “ads do not appear on such websites in the future”.

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Pompeo Aides Warned Against Ukraine Conspiracies Trump Pursued

Oct 03, 2019

(Bloomberg) -- Aides to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo cautioned against unfounded reports suggesting that the U.

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