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Wednesday, 22 February 2017
Our guide to fake news
What you’re about to read is completely true, unlike many stories you see online. David Crookes exposes the facts behind fake news
What is ‘fake news’?
The term ‘fake news’ refers to stories that look real, but are deliberately false and misleading. Widely shared on social media, they entice people with their clickbait headlines and fool them with potentially damaging disinformation. By doing so, they have become one of the web’s most pressing problems, making it ever more difficult to distinguish between myth and reality.