Fake news is false or misleading information presented as news. Fake news often has the aim of damaging the reputation of a person or entity, or making money through advertising revenue. Although false news has always been spread throughout history, the term "fake news" was first used in the 1890s when sensational reports in newspapers were common. Nevertheless, the term does not have a fixed definition and has been applied broadly to any type of false information. It's also been used by high-profile people to apply to any news unfavourable to them. Further, disinformation involves spreading false information with harmful intent and is sometimes generated and propagated by hostile foreign actors, particularly during elections. In some definitions, fake news includes satirical articles misinterpreted as genuine, and articles that employ sensationalist or clickbait headlines that are not supported in the text. Because of this diversity of types of false news, researchers are beginning to favour information disorder as a more neutral and informative term.
The prevalence of fake news has increased with the recent rise of social media, especially the Facebook News Feed, and this misinformation is gradually seeping into the mainstream media. Several factors have been implicated in the spread of fake news, such as political polarization, post-truth politics, motivated reasoning, confirmation bias, and social media algorithms.Fake news can reduce the impact of real news by competing with it. For example, a BuzzFeed News analysis found that the top fake news stories about the 2016 U.S. presidential election received more engagement on Facebook than top stories from major media outlets. It also particularly has the potential to undermine trust in serious media coverage. The term has at times been used to cast doubt upon credible news, and former U.S. president Donald Trump has been credited with popularizing the term by using it to describe any negative press coverage of himself. It has been increasingly criticized, due in part to Trump's misuse, with the British government deciding to avoid the term, as it is "poorly-defined" and "conflates a variety of false information, from genuine error through to foreign interference".
Multiple strategies for fighting fake news are currently being actively researched, for various types of fake news. Politicians in certain autocratic and democratic countries have demanded effective self-regulation and legally-enforced regulation in varying forms, of social media and web search engines.
On an individual scale, the ability to actively confront false narratives, as well as taking care when sharing information can reduce the prevalence of falsified information. However, it has been noted that this is vulnerable to the effects of confirmation bias, motivated reasoning and other cognitive biases that can seriously distort reasoning, particularly in dysfunctional and polarised societies. Inoculation theory has been proposed as a method to render individuals resistant to undesirable narratives. Because new misinformation pops up all the time, it is much better timewise to inoculate the population against accepting fake news in general (a process termed "prebunking"), instead of continually debunking the same repeated lies.
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV files libel and cyber libel cases before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office against “pro-Duterte” personalities and social media account holders due to “persistent online attacks and the dissemination of false accusations.” (Photo courtesy of the Office of...
I've been using the Share It app for quite some time now, and recently, I've noticed something strange. I keep getting notifications that appear to be related to fake news stories. I'm not sure if it's the app itself or something else causing this issue.
Has anyone else experienced the same...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who gained the most advantage from disinformation in the 2022 presidential polls, expressed on Monday, June 19, his belief that “fake news should have no place in modern society.”
ts. what an irony, si no. 1 of fake news spreader & disinformation pa talaga...
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Was the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolt the product of fake news?
Assistant Presidential Communications Secretary Mocha Uson had the audacity to ask her followers on social media this question on Sunday.
Recognizing the Edsa Revolution, President Duterte called it the “symbol of our...
Tama ba na ipagbili mo ang fan group mo bilang pang propaganda kahit na hindi ito ang dahilan kung bakit marami ka followers o members? Malaki ba ang income sa trolling?
A supporter of President Duterte was exposed to have allegedly bought and changed the name of a “Kim Soo Hyun” Facebook fan...
Resource: PASUGO God's Message (September 2016), page 2
I shared this not to argue with anyone about faith, beliefs, or religion but to address this misconception about us not reading or relying on the Bible. Matter of fact, our faith is deeply rooted on the Bible and all our practices are...