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Fake News in the News

Newspapers, in print and online, information sources and journalists have reported on fake news stories, produced research and publications on the phenomenon. We have tried to collate their reporting here.

Some News outlets keep an up-to-date repository of stories and information about fake news.

Ongoing reporting on Fake News by the BBC

Stories tagged with fake news featuring in The Independent

Tim Berners-Lee unveils global plan to save the web
Ian Sampler from The Guardian reports on the Inventor of web calling on governments and firms to safeguard it from abuse and ensure it benefits humanity.

BBC

Beyond Fake News: the BBC launches huge new international anti-disinformation initiative
The BBC will be launching the Beyond Fake News project on 12 November with the release of findings from original BBC research into how and why disinformation is shared.

New BBC research shows nationalism is driving the spread of fake news
Extensive BBC research project carried out in India, Kenya, and Nigeria shows nationalism is driving the spread of fake news.
Facebook and Google news should be regulated, Cairncross Review says
An article on the recommendations of the Cairncross Review.
Facebook needs regulation as Zuckerberg 'fails' - UK MPs
Jane Wakefield reports on Facebook needing far stricter regulation according to MPs' report.
Debunking fake news in Nigeria
The BBC hosted the Beyond Fake News summit in the capital Abuja to examine ways of combating the problem of fake news.

Fake News in 2017

How Fake News plagued 2017
Examples of how fake news followed some of the biggest news stories of 2017.

Censorship concerns

Global crackdown on fake news raises censorship concerns
Hastily drawn-up measures outlawing false or misleading information may prove counterproductive, campaigners say. Article by Jon Henley in The Guardian.

Newspaper articles

With more elections looming, fake news must be tackled now
Matthew d'Ancona from The Guardian focuses on the work of the House of Commons digital, culture, media and sport select committee's findings, report and suggestions into how to combat fake news.
Opinion is valued more than fact in this digital era
Roy Greenslade of The Guardian laments the demise of fact-based journalism in favour of opinion.
Denialism: what drives people to reject the truth
Keth Kahn-Harris from The Guardian looks into the phenomenon of denialism that has permeated modern culture.
Fake news? Brits are too sceptical to fall for it
Olivia Rudgard of The Telegraph reports on a survey showing how different nationalities admit ti being fooled by fake news stories.
You thought fake news was bad? Deep fakes are where truth goes to die
Oscar Schwartz from The Guardian reports on how technology can make it look as if anyone has said or done anything, and asks whether this is the next wave of (mis)information warfare.
Decades of Fake News, Courtesy of the Kremlin
An opinion piece in the New York Times reports on readers' fears around fake news.
The 'exhausting' work of factcheckers who track Trump's barrage of lies
Adam Gabbatt in The Guardian looks into the work carried out by fact-checkers since the 2016 US Presidential election.
The collapse of the information ecosystem poses profound risks for humanity
Lydia Polgreen in The Guardian argues that the viral spread of misinformation, widening news deserts and the proliferation of fake news will threaten life as we know it.
These Students Are Learning About Fake News and How to Spot It
Alina Tugend of the New York Times reports on how News literacy instruction is flourishing in the wake of the 2016 election as worries about fake news grow.

Reports

INFORMATION COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE - TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN DATA
ComRes' online survey of adults in the UK about trust and confidence in data.
Trust in traditional media increases across Europe
This report shows how the gap between people’s trust in traditional and new media continues to grow. Broadcast media remain the most trusted forms of media with 59% of people tending to trust radio (equivalent to 2017) and 51% trusting TV in the EU (an increase of 1 percentage point on 2017).
The Cairncross Review
This independent report presents an overview of challenges facing high quality journalism in the UK, putting forward recommendations to help secure its future.

Real News About Fake News

Real News about Fake News
The growing stream of reporting on and data about fake news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy is hard to keep up with. This weekly roundup offers the highlights of what you might have missed.
The godfather of fake news
A fascinating meeting between a prolific writer of fake news stories and a fact-checker.