Menace of fake news is rattling politicians in Austria and Germany

After an unprecedentedly dirty presidential election campaign in Austria and ahead of the 2017 parliamentary elections in Germany, politicians in both countries are increasingly on the defensive against what they see as a dangerous surge in fake news and incitement on social media. Last week, an Austrian court placed a preliminary injunction on Facebook's European […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/12/14/menace-of-fake-news-is-rattling-politicians-in-austria-and-germany/