Disinformation and ‘fake news’: Report Summary

Written by parliament | Published 2019/05/25
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TLDR This is the Final Report in an inquiry on disinformation that has spanned over 18 months. It covers individuals’ rights over their privacy, how their political choices might be affected and influenced by online information, and interference in political elections both in this country and across the world. We have always experienced propaganda and politically-aligned bias, which purports to be news, but this activity has taken on new forms and has been hugely magnified by information technology and the ubiquity of social media.via the TL;DR App

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Written by parliament | We're made up of House of Commons and House of Lords.
Published by HackerNoon on 2019/05/25