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The UK’s European university
COMBATING FAKE NEWS / PANEL DISCUSSION
Dr Charles Inskip, Dr Fragkiskos Filippaios, Tom Roper, Philippa Rose, Trudy Turner
Recent developments
• International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions (IFLA) How
to spot fake news infographic
• Facebook’s educational campaign
• Information Operations and Facebook
• Draft legislation in Germany to fine
social networks
• WikiTRIBUNE
IFLA How to Spot Fake News Infographic
https://www.ifla.org/publications/node/11174
Facebook’s educational campaign
• Facebook educational campaign was a
10 point guide “Tips to Spot False News”
• The campaign ad appeared at the top of
users’ news feed
• Ran for 3 days in 14 countries
‘Information Operations and Facebook’
• 27th April Facebook produced the report
“Information Operations and Facebook”
• Looks at “Information Operations” which
are actions aimed at manipulating public
opinion
• Discusses security measures being
taken against “information operations”.
• The measures that it has put in place
have led to the removal of over 30,000
fake accounts in France.
Draft legislation in Germany
• Germany’s cabinet approved a plan to
fine social networks up to €50 million if
they fail to remove illegal content
promptly
• Proposal covers fake news, illegal
images, racism and hate speech
• ‘Social media firms faces huge hate
speech fine in Germany’ BBC News,
5/4/17
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-
39506114
WikiTRIBUNE
• Last week Jimmy Wales announced plans for
new news service.
• Crowdfunded online publication aiming to fight
fake news.
• Articles will be written by and the community of
readers will fact-check and edit the published
articles
• Video - https://www.wikitribune.com/
What approach is best?