FAKE NEWS

A developer who created the BS Detector plugin to help spot fake news on Facebook is reporting the social network has blocked his service.

The election upset of Donald Trump on Nov. 8 has fueled a conversation about hate speech and false news in the U.S.—and across the Atlantic.

Fake news surfaced on Facebook during the presidential campaign, with many reading the headline and not the article.

A former writer for Facebook’s trending section says the company treated the team like “garbage,” adding they "cowed to right-wing pressure and advertisers."

At the third World Internet Conference held in Wuzhen last week, Chinese officials also called for the formation of international internet rules.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones claims the Sandy Hook mass shooting was fake.

“We have one company that has the ability to reshape the way we think. I don’t think I need to describe how dangerous that is,” the NSA whistleblower said.

Fake news sites appearing on Facebook and Google have come under heavy scrutiny after Donald Trump’s win, but his supporters fear a war on these sites will lead to censorship of conservative news outlets.

Jones — an outspoken conspiracy theorist and Donald Trump supporter — said Infowars’ “fake news analysis center” will combat “lies and fake stories being pushed by the mainstream media.”

For users in the U.S. and U.K., the tag will appear among news search results with the service’s existing labels like Opinion, Local source and Highly cited.

The internet loves to think something is wrong with her.

The singer survived a death hoax, again.

China’s internet regulator said Sunday that online media cannot report any news taken from social media sites without approval from authorities.

The trial of the chief of Egyptian Syndicate of Journalists and two of the union’s board members will begin Saturday at a Cairo misdemeanors court.

The changes beginning Tuesday could help vulnerable users — such as victims of domestic violence — who have legitimate reasons to shield their identities.

A report on a fake news site called bloomberg.market caused Twitter Inc.'s stock to jump Tuesday.

Michael Savage said Obama is "successful" in instigating a civil war in the United States.

“This kid is about to learn not to touch my girl like that. Beliebe that.”

"This show doesn't deserve an even slightly restless host," he said, after announcing he'll leave the program at the end of the year.

The White House has called on Egypt to pardon the journalists or commute their sentences.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones blamed "trigger-happy" police with killing Miriam Carey in Thursday's Capitol shooting.