Fake news vs fact in online battle for truth

FILE PHOTO: The entrance sign to Facebook headquarters is seen in Menlo Park, California, on Wednesday, October 10, 2018. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo

PARIS: Since US President Donald Trump weaponised the term “fake news” during the 2016 presidential election campaign, the phrase has gone viral. 

Increasingly it is used by politicians around the world to denounce or dismiss news reports that do not fit their version of the truth.