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The internet is prone to helping disseminate demagogy, hate speech and political propaganda. I have developed an acute sense, since last autumn (when the U.S. election took place), that we need a sens

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Atsuo Fujimura, a senior vice president with smartphone news app operator SmartNews Inc, who is mobilizing key players in the Japanese media to fight fake news on the Internet by forming a council dedicated to the issue. (Asahi Shimbun)

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Fake news about fake news has been happening since the printing press was invented. What book was first printed in mass?

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Well you can start here in Japan by curbing the net uyoku.

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