World Press Freedom Day events raise alarm on fake news

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By ELIAS MESERET | AP
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Thu, 2019-05-02 08:17

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: A rising tide of fake news and disinformation is dominating World Press Freedom Day discussions taking place this week in Ethiopia, which is hosting the event after freeing jailed journalists as part of sweeping reforms.
As the world prepares to mark the day on Friday, media practitioners and experts have raised the alarm and deliberated on ways to combat disinformation that they say is becoming a “threat to democracy.”

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