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An Indian newspaper vendor reading a newspaper with a full back page advertisement from WhatsApp intended to counter fake information, in New Delhi on July 10, 2018.

WhatsApp's Fake News Problem Has Turned Deadly in India. Here's How to Stop It

Two dozen people have been killed since April

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the press during a visit in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines on June 5, 2018.

France Is Voting on a Law Banning Fake News. Here’s How it Could Work

French politicians began debating a new law Thursday designed to “fight fak...

French politicians began debating a new law Thursday designed to “fight fake news.” First announced by President Emmanuel Macron in January, the ban aims to prevent extremist groups and Russian state-owned media companies from influencing...

The Russia Today application is seen on an iPad on Nov.10, 2017. The Russian news outlet has said it will cooperate with the demands of the Department of Justice and register their Amreican subsidiary as a foreign agent after intelligence agencies concluded it was responsible for facilitating fake-news to influence election campaigns.

A Former Russian Troll Explains How to Spread Fake News

In a video interview, Vitaly Bespalov explains to TIME how they did it

CNN's headquarters building in Atlanta, Georgia, seen on Aug. 2, 2014.

A Man Calling CNN 'Fake News' Has Been Arrested After Allegedly Threatening to Kill the Network's Employees

"Fake news. I'm coming to gun you all down," he allegedly told a CNN operat...

"Fake news. I'm coming to gun you all down," he allegedly told a CNN operator in Atlanta

Member of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 53/54, Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), waves during a send-off ceremony at the Russian-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early on December 17, 2017.
NASA astronaut Scott Tingle and crewmates Anton Shkaplerov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and Norishege Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency were expected to lift off in the Soyuz MS-07 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. / AFP PHOTO / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV (Photo credit should read KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)

Astronaut Apologizes for Spreading 'Fake News' About Growing Taller in Space

The astronaut thought he had a growth spurt in space, but it was fake news

Fake Donald Trump tweets are seen in a Twitter timeline on 27 Friday, 2017. In China a site that generates fake tweets that look as if they were generated by US president Donald Trump are being used to mock the president.

A Trump 'Rhetorical Bludgeon' Was Named 2017 American Dialect Society Word of the Year

'Fake News' was actually considered for the 2016 Word of the Year as well

The Facebook app is seen on an iPhone on Dec. 1, 2017.

Facebook Is Dropping Its Fake News Red Flag Warning After Finding It Had the Opposite Effect

The company will offer users fact-checked "Related Articles" instead