Fake News

Analysts says online interference is happening in the run-up to Canada's federal election.

Almost nine in 10 surveyed said they had been fooled by fake news at least once.

A number of tech execs have been invited to speak about fake news in Ottawa this year.

The study, however, could not draw a conclusion about why older users are more likely to share hoaxes.

WhatsApp announced that it will now be labelling forwarded messages in an attempt to help stop the spread of misinformation.

Facebook is planning to launch an election integrity initiative that will help protect Canada's next election from cyber threats.

The report prompted widespread concern that the button would be open to abuse, though it was never clear whether the feature would ultimately be released.

Google has given its news aggregation service a revamp to remove clutter on the page and give it a cleaner look for its desktop version.

The company announced on Wednesday that it is implementing system wide changes to crack down on fake accounts that spread fake news and cause mayhem.

The new tags, to be used in all languages for users worldwide, will use third-party fact-checkers to indicate whether news items are true, false or somewhere in-between.

In November of last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned 86% of the country's legal tender from circulation. While the goal was to get rid of "black money," a term used in India for cash that is stored outside of the country's banking system to evade taxes, it brought to light another issue that...

Facebook turns to the community and fact checkers to address fake news issue.