Author: Francesca Fanucci

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Facebook’s Fake News Fighters Punish Italian Satirical Website
ByFrancesca Fanucci 25 September 20174 October 2025
A popular satire website in Italy found out what happens when Facebook loses its sense of humor: they see fake news everywhere. Publishing under the slogan “The filth that makes the news”, Lercio is a fabled multi-award-winning website of satirical news in Italy. In its early days, some of Lercio’s stories were taken as truth and shared…
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How Italy Wants to Slam Fake News: Use Fines and Prison
ByFrancesca Fanucci 13 March 20174 October 2025
Italian lawmakers have reacted to the spread of fake news and misinformation with an authoritarian law. Far from solving the problem, though, it in fact creates even more. A new strain of meningitis brought in by African immigrants ravages the country. Members of parliament pass a law setting up a “crisis fund” for their survival…
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