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Zuckerberg says Facebook looking at ways to police deepfake content

The social media platform was criticised last month for not removing an altered video of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which had been slowed so she appeared to be slurring.

World News

XPLAINER | Deepfakes threat - who is behind the new AI phenomenon?

XPLAINER | Deepfakes have caused cross-continent tension, with many arguing it represents a threat to modern democracy

USA

Child porn found in emails Alex Jones sent to Sandy Hook family lawyers

Jones denies any knowledge of the images, and Infowars describes the emails as a "malware attack attempting to embed" child porn on their servers.

Sport

Children reflect on the current state of journalism at Football for Friendship

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Children reflect on the current state of journalism at Football for Friendship

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Bulgaria

Fake story about pro-incest MEP shared widely, say fact-checkers

A Bulgarian website invented a story about a pro-incest MEP that was then shared by thousands of people on Facebook, a fact-checking study has found.

Europe News

The Brief: Fake news fightback

With the European elections around the corner we ask some experts how the EU can fight back against disinformation during the campaign.

Netherlands

How can we save democracy from fake news? Video report

Ever wonder why fake news happens and what we can do to stop it undermining the truth? YouTube creator Fonseca goes in search of the answers.

USA

Trump to skip White House Correspondents' Dinner for third year

Trump called the annual Washington event "negative" and "boring" and promised to hold a "very positive" rally instead.

France

Twitter blocks French government ads using France's own fake news law

The platform claimed it risked violating France's fake news law, which was introduced in December last year and aims to combat the "manipulation of information".

World News

April Fools' Day: a selection of the best pranks from around Europe

French police are calling for rabbits to join their ranks, Google discovered a way to talk to tulips: Here's a roundup of some of the best pranks.

France

France grapple with social-media fuelled violence against Roma

Rumours started circulating online accusing members of the Roma community of trying to abduct children, sparking unfounded revenge attacks.

World News

Facebook removes more than 2,600 fake accounts

Some fake accounts tied to Russia have been deleted for spreading content on Ukrainian politics ahead of the March 31st Presidential election.

Germany

Facebook vows to fight fake news before European Parliament elections

Facebook is partnering with German news agency DPA as part of a large-scale effort to fight fake news through fact-checking ahead of the European Parliament election in May

Belgium

Fake News: Politicians, journalists, and scientists face mistrust toge

Who's to blame for fake news? Whether you read stories, write stories or appear in stories you might want to start by looking in the mirror.

World

Do more to combat fake news, EU warns tech giants

EU commissioners unveiled a report on how far Google, Facebook, Twitter and Mozilla had come in complying with the bloc's Code of Practice on Disinformation.

World

Tech companies warned to remain vigilant when it comes to fake news

With the EU elections scheduled to take place in May, large tech companies have been warned to be aware of fake news. The EU's commissioner for security warned of the impact fake news could have on election proceedings.

World News

This is how Facebook will fight fake news in the European elections

Facebook has announced a series of measures it will take in May's European Parliament elections to ensure the vote is free from interference.

Europe Decoded

FACT CHECK: No, Facebook did not 'un-verify' Nicolas Maduro | The Cube

The Cube debunks claims that Facebook gave Nicolas Maduro's verification mark to Juan Guaidó.

World

Wikipedia CEO Jimmy Wales on fighting the spread of fake news

"The whole point of democracy is to express the will of the people,” Wales said. “If the people are being duped and tricked by complete lies and false information, we end up with results that don’t really represent what the people want.”

World News

These Facebook Pages Were Linked to Russian Disinformation Networks

Facebook just took down two large disinformation networks that were linked to Russia. They were operating in Central and Eastern European countries.