Wednesday, March 01, 2017

French media tackles fake news head-on before elections...

With the presidential election only two months away, French journalists are taking the subject of “fake news” seriously.

Fake news refers to false or inaccurate information published under the guise of objective and sourced news.

To fight against the rising tide of fake news being shared online and on social media, 37 French news organisations, from national dailies Libération and Le Monde to Agence France-Presse, launched CrossCheck on Tuesday.

CrossCheck is an online collaborative platform that will allow participating media partners to post examples of “fake news” from around the web.

Journalists will then be able to post their own articles, complete with facts disproving the false or inaccurate claims. Full story...

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