FAKE NEWS

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• Major publishers, Google, Twitter and Facebook have helped devise the scheme. It follows criticism of big technology firms for failing to do enough to prevent the spread of "false news".
  
  
• Earlier this summer, the BBC convened a Trusted News Summit, bringing together senior figures from major global technology firms and publishing to help tackle the problem.
  
  
• The group drew-up new plans including:
  • Early warning system: creating a system so that organisations can alert each other rapidly when they discover disinformation that threatens human life or disrupts democracy during elections.
    
    
  • Media education: a joint online media education campaign to support and promote media education messages.
    
    
  • Voter information: co-operation on civic information around elections, so there is a common way to explain how and where to vote.
    
    
  • Shared learning: particularly around high-profile elections.