Fake news

Turkey’s parliament on Thursday approved a tough new media law that could see reporters and social media users jailed for up to three years for spreading “fake news”. The new rules cement the government’s already-firm grip...

As Moscow presses on with its invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a measure proposing up to 15-year prison sentences for spreading false information about the Russian army. The bill, which was...

Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, has blamed social media like Facebook and Twitter for spreading fake information about COVID-19 during the epidemic. In this Covid-19 situation, many conspiracy theories about him have been leaked online....

One of the most high-profile cases in recent times was a false claim circulating on social media in December that Beijing was seeking to wage biological warfare against Indonesia. Indonesia launched a new cyber security agency...

News Hour: Social media companies Facebook, Google and a group of news organizations launched an initiative on Monday to tackle fake news stories in France, with the media in the spotlight as the country’s presidential election...

News Hour: Facebook said on Sunday it would update its social media platforms in Germany within weeks to reduce the dissemination of fake news. “Last month we announced measures to tackle the challenge of fake news...