Fake News

7 stories about Fake News
כנס כלכליסט ניו יורק דאג ואנס ו שחר אורן

ABC News Undaunted by Facebook Feed Changes, Executive Says

16.03.18|Meir Orbach
The Facebook algorithm was tweaked to benefit content that is reliable and engaging, says Doug Vance, ABC News’ vice president of product
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Pursuit of Social Media Virality Undermines Journalism, Says Randi Zuckerberg

15.03.18|Hagar Ravet
A keynote speaker at Calcalist’s Mind the Tech conference, Ms. Zuckerberg gives an interview about Israeli startups, the media, and gender in tech
כנס כלכליסט ניו יורק ירון גלאי אאוטבריין

The Only Way to Fight Fake News Is to Destroy Its Business Model, Outbrain CEO Says

14.03.18|Omer Kabir and Hagar Ravet
Google and Facebook have a model that is based purely on the number of clicks and this gives advertisers an incentive to create fake news, content promotion company Outbrain’s CEO Yaron Galai said in an interview at Calcalist’s the Mind the Tech conference in New York
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EU Enlists AI Startup in Fight Against Fake News

12.02.18|Omer Kabir
AdVerif.ai has developed a disinformation-busting algorithm that can help advertisers that don’t want their ads to appear next to fake news
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CTech’s Daily Israeli Tech News Roundup

18.12.17|CTech
Teva is once again the largest Israeli company. Car ownership on the wane, says Waze CEO. Facebook restores disputed page following Tel Aviv court ruling
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Fake News Machine Turns Against ISIS

18.12.17|Tal Pavel
Sunni hacker groups have turned their keyboards against the fundamentalist militant organization. The hashtag used: #SilenceTheSwords
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The Fake News Debate is a Distraction, Says Information Era Intellectual Yochai Benkler

08.12.17|Uri Pasovsky
The web needs a reboot. Commercial companies and governments have found new ways to wield power and need to be limited, says the Harvard researcher