• Is Congress Addressing Fake News and the Spread of Misinformation?

    Is Congress Addressing Fake News and the Spread of Misinformation?

    We have all seen the headlines and wondered if the story was real or not. Fake news has become part of our vernacular, but it’s also become so engrained in our society that we always have to wonder if the news we are reading is actually legit. Fake news isn’t new by any stretch, but…

  • Google Improves its Process for Stopping the Spread of Fake News

    Google Improves its Process for Stopping the Spread of Fake News

    I don’t know about you, but I’m getting tired of hearing the term “fake news”. Not necessarily because I think that fake news doesn’t exist, but because of that fact. It’s gone from meaning – the news story you are reading isn’t real – to a way to tell someone that you don’t agree with…

  • Reports Indicate Fake News is Down, But Are These Stats Accurate?

    Reports Indicate Fake News is Down, But Are These Stats Accurate?

    By all accounts, both Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook haven’t been having a great year.  I don’t even know where to start with the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but it was in 2018 that Zuckerberg (and Facebook) had to testify before Congress, and they also got their fair share of flack from the media (us included) on…