Facebook Survey: More than 50% of users don’t trust news on the social network

08 Feb

Facebook tries to stop “fake news” by surveying its own users Facebook is surveying its own users to try and stop the spread of “fake news” on its social media platform. The new survey asks two questions: Do you recognize the following websites? How much do you trust each of these domains? The “fake news” phenomenon is a cybersecurity issue …

Have scientists just invented a vaccine against fake news?

05 Jan

The issue of fake news hasn’t been far from the headlines since Britain voted to leave the European Union, and Donald Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States. These unexpected outcomes have been blamed, in part, on “fake news” circulating on social media sites like Facebook. There are two problems with fake news. First, it is almost …