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Facebook said stepping up fight against fake news

Inthewakeofthe2016USelections,Facebookbegantofightagainstfakenewsanddivisivecontent.Ithiredthird-partyfactcheckerstostartvettingcontentthathadbeenflaggedbyregul

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Facebook is stepping up its fight against fake news

Inthewakeofthe2016USelections,Facebookbegantofightagainstfakenewsanddivisivecontent.Ithiredthird-partyfactcheckerstostartvettingcontentthathadbeenflaggedbyregul

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Malaysia seeks 10 year-jail terms for 'fake news'

Malaysia'sgovernmenthasproposednewlegislationtocombat"fakenews",withoffendersfacingupto10yearsinprison.UndertheAnti-FakeNewsBill,thoseconvictedofdisseminatingfa

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False news 70 percent more likely to spread on Twitter: study

FalsenewsstoriesspreadmuchmorequicklyandwidelyonTwitterthantruthfulones,animbalancedrivenmorebypeoplethanautomated“bot”accounts,researcherssaidonThursday.Astudy

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Japanese broadcaster apologizes after false DPRK missile alert

JapanesenationalbroadcasterNHKissuedanon-airapologyTuesdayafterissuinganalertincorrectlyclaimingthatDPRKhadlaunchedaballisticmissile.Themessage,receivedbyphoneu

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Fact-checking fake news on Facebook works – just too slowly

Facebook’sefforttolimitthespreadoffakenewsusingoutsidefact-checkersappearstobehavinganeffect–althoughthatfindingcomeswithamajorcaveat.Onceastoryreceivesafalsera

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Facebook now blocks ads from pages that spread fake news

Facebookaddedanadditionaldefensetodayagainstthespreadoffakenewsandviralhoaxes.IfaFacebookpageisfoundtoberepeatedlysharingfalsestories,thecompanywillbanthepagefr

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"False alarm" over Saudia plane in Philippines: airline

A false alarm prompted Philippine police to surround a Saudi Arabian Airlines plane at Manila airport on Tuesday, an airline spokesman said.

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Man threatening to join IS, bomb Singapore ordered to take mandatory treatment

A man who made the "empty threat" to join the Islamic State (IS) and bomb Singapore has been ordered to undergo 24 months of mandatory treatment for multiple mental conditions by the court, local media reported Monday.

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Crest fined $960,000 for false advertising

A well-known toothpaste brand owned by Procter & Gamble has been fined 6.03 million yuan ($960,000) for its false TV commercial, the biggest amount that China has imposed on false advertising.

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Australia's Independent Commission Against Corruption finds heavy vehicle assess

The ICAC has called for advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) about charging the official and five applicants.

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Herbal tea brand to pay compensation for false advertising

A court in southern China's Guangdong Province has ruled that Jiaduobao Group (JDB), a Hong Kong-based beverage manufacturer, must compensate Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holding Limited (GPH) for false advertising.