How to spot fake news in your social media feed

Fake News,Social Media,Technology

Posted on AllSides March 15, 2018

NBC News Digital

From the Left

NBC News Digital

AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Left

See full bias rating for NBC News Digital Learn about media bias

Are you sharing fake news without knowing it?

Related Coverage

AllSides Picks

Card image

Red Blue Translator

Fake News

Card image

Red Blue Translator

Disinformation

AP Photo/Allison Robbert

Headline Roundup

Senate Passes Housing Bill to Increase Affordability in Bipartisan 85-5 Vote

June 23rd, 2026

A Hollow Song for a Hollow President: Reclaiming the Real Patriotic Ballads

Recommended Reading

A Hollow Song for a Hollow President: Reclaiming the Real Patriotic Ballads

Guest Writer - Left

June 23rd, 2026

More News about Fake News

News from the Left

News from the Center

News from the Right

Fake academic journals are publishing AI-generated papers under real professors' names

NBC News Digital

Trump didn't 'freak out' over question on Nobel Peace Prize application

Snopes

Russia is quietly churning out fake content posing as US news

Politico

Inspecting claim ICE deported Marine Corps sergeant major

Snopes

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block FOIA case against DOGE

ABC News (Online)

Trump told Cabinet that Elon Musk will leave administration in coming months

CNBC

As the Trump administration intensifies its battle with elite universities, one Ivy League school is lawyering up with a Trump ally.

Politico

Both Sides Spin Who Would Benefit from Extending Trump Tax Cuts

FactCheck.org

Trump’s Flawed Claim that Tariffs Made the U.S. Its ‘Richest’

FactCheck.org

White House Denies Plans to Deport Ukrainians Who Fled War

Daily Beast

White House Denies Decision Over Ending Legal Status of 240,000 Ukrainians

Newsweek

Meta-analysis uncovers public's skill in detecting fake news, but skepticism towards true news persists

Phys.org

Fact-Checking Fake News Is Making Some People Believe It

Newsweek

Hawaii wildfires: 'Directed energy weapon' and other false claims go viral

BBC News

Fact Check: No, Image Does Not Show Ron DeSantis’ Yearbook Quote

Check Your Fact

DHS Still Policing Disinformation Despite Dissolving Disinformation Governance Board

Reason

US midterm elections: Does Finland have the answer to fake news?

BBC News

US midterm elections: Does Finland have the answer to fake news?

BBC News

Alex Jones Rants at 'Damn Lawyers' After Sandy Hook Trial

Newsweek

False claims of 'deepfake' President Biden go viral

BBC Fact Check

The Truth Uncovered: John Solomon on FBI Abuses and the New York Times' False Narrative

Just The News

The Media Don't Want to Revisit Their Russiagate Frenzy

Townhall

Rosie O’Donnell apologizes after falsely claiming Minneapolis church shooter was Republican, MAGA supporter

Fox News Digital

It’s only getting worse: The Top 5 media fails of Trump 2.0

Washington Examiner

The Daily Beast Just Got a Brutal Fact-Check...and It's Absolutely Insane

Townhall

CNN 'Fact-Checks' Trump Live, Claims D.C. Crime Isn’t a Problem

Townhall

Fact-checking Brennan and Clapper’s false Russiagate narrative in ‘New York Times’ op-ed

Washington Examiner

Wisconsin Public Radio Validates Funding Cuts with Bogus Climate Story

Townhall

No, It Was Not a Few Bad Apples In the Media Who Lied to the American People

HotAir

Musk not leaving yet, wrapping up work on schedule once 'incredible work at DOGE is complete': White House

Fox News Digital