Tag: fake news

Facebook has added a correction notice to a post that Singapore’s government said contained false information. It is the first time Facebook has issued such a notice under the city-state’s controversial “fake news” law. Singapore claimed the post, by fringe news site States Times Review (STR), contained “scurrilous accusations”. The post claims a whistleblower who […]

Facebook has declared it is not its job to stop fake news circulated by actual politicians in the months leading up to Australia’s federal election. The nation’s Labor Party suffered resounding losses this spring, which some are linking to the deluge of social media posts that falsely claimed that the party wanted to impose hefty […]