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Jun 12

Facebook’s Zuckerberg is the latest target of doctored video

By Mae Anderson, Associated Press

The somewhat crude video of the Facebook CEO, created as part of an art project and circulated on Facebook-owned Instagram over the past few days, combines news footage of Zuckerberg with phony audio.

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May 27

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After edited Pelosi video, how should social media companies respond?

A doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, slowed to make her appear to slur her words, continues to provoke controversy. While YouTube removed the video from its platform, both Facebook and Twitter left it up. The episode sparks questions…

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May 24

WATCH: Trump tweeted a misleading video of Nancy Pelosi. Here’s the real thing

By Julia Griffin, Molly Finnegan

President Donald Trump used Twitter on Thursday to spread a manipulated video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in which her normal pauses and stutters have been edited together to make her appear to stumble.

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May 23

Facebook says it removed 3 billion fake accounts in six months

By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

That's twice as many as the previous six months, the company said Thursday.

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Apr 30

Zuckerberg debuts redesigned and ‘privacy-focused’ Facebook

By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

Mark Zuckerberg is focusing Facebook's future by emphasizing private messaging and the company's role in "communities." The new features are part of the CEO's strategy for batting away a growing array of critics, emboldened regulators and competitors.

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Apr 21

Sri Lanka blocks social media after deadly attacks

By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

A group that monitors internet censorship says Sri Lankan authorities have blocked most social media services in the country following the Easter Sunday attacks that killed more than 200 people.

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Apr 16

A flub by YouTube on Notre Dame videos highlights AI’s blind spots

By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

As people around the world Monday turned to YouTube to watch Notre Dame Cathedral burn, an automated system attached background information about the Sept. 11 terror attacks in New York to videos of the fire. YouTube explained that the background…

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Apr 02

How these scam ads promoting fake tax breaks prospered on Facebook

By Amanda Seitz, Jeff Horwitz, Bernard Condon, Mae Anderson, Associated Press

Hundreds of ads on Facebook promised U.S. homeowners that they were eligible for huge state tax breaks if they installed new solar-energy panels. There was just one catch: None of it was true.

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Feb 13

Ahead of elections, Nigerian government warns ‘fake news kills people’

By Rodney Muhumuza, Sam Olukoya, Associated Press

The stakes are high in Nigeria ahead of Saturday's presidential vote marked by widespread discontent over unemployment, poverty and insecurity in some parts of the country.

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Jan 24

How conservative ‘supersharers’ drove fake news in the 2016 election

By Vicky Stein

Silver lining: That means most people were not being inundated with fake news.

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