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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned of the public being manipulated by fake news and propaganda.

The conversation was broadcast live on Periscope from the Pardon Snowden Twitter account.

The new details come from court documents recently released to the public.

Social media companies accused of allowing spread of misinformation 'while democracy burns'.

High profile figures such as Pope Francis, Hillary Clinton and Angela Merkel have all warned against fake news.

The president-elect branded the media outlet's reporting 'ridiculous and untrue'.

The popularity of fake news has been blamed for the growth of conspiracy theories such as 'pizzagate'.

Germany's BfV said there is "growing evidence for attempts to influence the federal election next year."

'This isn't about politics or partisanship – lives are at risk.'

Pope Francis said that spreading disinformation was 'the greatest damage' the media can do

Michael Flynn Jr has been preparing an application to join the National Security Council staff.

Edgar Maddison Welch, 28, was arrested by police on Sunday.

In May, the companies signed a code of conduct promising to 'quickly and efficiently' combat hate speech.

The authorities discovered two men were about to be murdered.

This came after fake news reports about BS Detector falsely claimed that it was created by Facebook.

The error reportedly affected about 10 Facebook posts written by Zuckerberg.

Elon Musk is being attacked in a multitude of derogatory articles, many authored by people who don't exist.

Researchers said the propaganda campaign churned out misleading articles to 'sow distrust' in US democracy.

'Opinions aren't formed the way they were 25 years ago,' Angela Merkel said.

The advertisement seeking writers has now been removed.

Majority of teenagers determine credibility of newsy tweets based on the detail they contained.

'If we can't discriminate between serious arguments and propaganda, then we have problems,' Obama said.

Paul Horner said his stories were picked up by the President-elect's supporters who "believe anything."

Infowars founder Alex Jones believes in the New World Order

BuzzFeed analysis raises further questions about Facebook's role in promoting fake election coverage.

Massachusetts communications professor wants to keep the internet honest with her list of questionable websites.

Have I got some fake news for you...

Article was shared tens of thousands of times on social media before being revealed as a hoax.

Michael Semple said that smear is part of Russian media cmapaign to portray West as responsible for terrrorism.

US SEC is probing possible market manipulation over fake news article.