Digital Journal

Researchers working on social media ‘lie detector’

University researchers are working on a system that could quash rumours spreading on social media by identifying whether information is accurate. Five European universities, led by Sheffield in ...
Opinion

Street violence: 'Social media created the conditions for lies to outrun the truth'

This week's MP column is written by Bradford West MP Naz Shah ...
EDN

Social media lie detector on its way — will decipher truth from fiction

If the latest statistics are correct, chances are nine out of the 10 people reading this article right now have a social media profile in some capacity. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn—heck, if you have a ...
BBC

'It's so easy to lie': A fifth of children use fake age on social media

Ofcom has warned social media companies they will be punished if they fail to take significant extra steps to address the problem of children pretending to be adults online. A newly released survey, ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

How social media lies fueled a rush to war between India and Pakistan

“While disinformation and misinformation were rampant on both sides, in India ‘the scale went beyond what we have seen before,’ said Joyojeet Pal, associate professor at the school of information at ...