Fake news: Microsoft did not “brick” Windows 10 PCs
Totally fake news headline claims Microsoft has “bricked 400M PCs”. Nonsense.
Social: How social media spreads falsehoods
Social media remains the world’s greatest frictionless platform for the spread of propaganda and misinformation.
Media: “In NY, Muslims are a political force”
For New York State, the share of the population that is Muslim is 3.6%, and 9% for NYC. Not a big political force.
Social: The serious problem and challenge of misinformation on social media
Misinformation (things that are not true) is widespread on social media. Often heavily promoted, untrue claims become viewed as “truth”. There is no easy solution to this problem.
Europeans claim U.S. has banned 23,000 books
But it is not true. Not even close.
Media: The “average cost of weddings” is $33k
The “average” wedding costs $33,000 or $35,000? No it doesn’t.
Media censorship: BBC altered Trump speech
The BBC edited Trump quotes, from an hour apart, to make it appear he said something he did not say. The BBC Director General and the BBC News CEO have now both resigned.
He calls himself an “honest pollster”
Famous pollster who calls himself an “honest pollster” is not honest.
Social: Telling a straight up lie for propaganda
Photos of people sunbathing are presented as an illustration of lazy American workers, cutting work. But that is not what the photos show – in fact, its college students just after the spring semester ended.
Media made up false Google GMail security warning
Reports that 2.5 billion Gmail users might be hacked were fake news.