Many celebrities nowadays take control of their own image by publishing candid photos on social media. ____, some celebrities – or influencers – only achieved fame thanks to the Internet "Fake news" is "fabricated information that mimics news media content in form ____ not in organizational process or intent. Fake-news outlets, in turn, lack the news media's editorial norms ____ processes for ensuring the accuracy ____ credibility of information. Anyone can create, within minutes ____ sometimes anonymously, one ____ more Facebook or Twitter accounts. Social media platforms, by design, encourage users to share information effortlessly through a click of a button, and yet, information often gets distorted along the way. ____ more responsibility ____ needs to be placed on social media platforms like Facebook ____ Twitter. Apart from bot detection, platforms should make it more difficult for users to create multiple accounts or blindly share information. Some fake stories contain a kernel of truth. ____ France did recently implement a “right to disconnect” law, the nation absolutely has not banned work emails after 6pm. Interestingly, this fake news story has surfaced more than once, first appearing back in 2014. Mon dieu! Another obvious fake, ____ one widely shared by 290,599 Facebook users and news sites. The news that Saudi Arabian scientists had upgraded women to “mammals”. Apparently this represents a huge win for women’s rights in the notoriously unequal nation. This went viral right before International Women’s Day in 2016. The late gorilla Harambe was widely reported to have accrued 11,000 write in votes in the 2016 presidential election. This was a number which many claimed could have tipped the scales in Clinton’s favour. ____, this story was entirely fake and thousands of votes were not given to a dead gorilla after all. Links to performance artist Marina Abramovic spawned a completely ridiculous torrent of conspiracy theories. ____, there were false stories relating to the politician’s private life. From the ludicrous Pizzagate conspiracy, to claims of cannibalism and even that Hillary’s bout of ill health was the result of Kuru (a disease acquired by consuming human flesh). The whole episode was one of the most ridiculous fake news chapters in the whole presidential race. Fake news site The Valley Report claimed a 41year-old woman had been arrested for defecating on her boss’s desk. ____ that happened after winning the lottery! The story went viral, spawning millions of shares on social media and lots of coverage from other, gullible news outlets. The whole thing, of course, was a fake. You only need to read the (frankly yucky) Valley Report original to realise that. A surprising amount of fake news came out of France in 2016. One reported that the iconic Eiffel Tower was on fire. ____, a nearby fireworks truck accidentally caught fire close to the tower. This caused the monument to be engulfed in smoke. The facts didn’t stop many purveyors of fake news jumping on the images and footage. They hyped the situation with groundless terrorist attack claims.

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