Ethics in Social Media and Online Commenting

3 BBC, Fox News Lapses in Charlie Hebdo Reports Causes 2 apologies

A Fox News commentator Steven Emerson falsely claimed that Birmingham, England doesn't allow non-Muslims. Emerson said Jan. 11 that there...

Add CNN to the list of outlets duped by a satire Twitter account posing as the official Twitter for North...

The Huffington Post was hoaxed by a fake interview with someone they found on social media claiming to witness the...

The New York Post was hoaxed by a fake Twitter account for Cosby Show actress Lisa Bonet that appeared to...

Reuters is no longer letting readers comment on news stories. Comments will be allowed on opinion and blogposts, though. The...

Sky News outed a woman named Brenda Leyland as running a Twitter account that tweeted abusive comments toward Kate and...

The Times of India's new social media policy has gained some attention for going too far in restricting journalists and...

German international public broadcaster Deutsche Welle fired blogger Su Yutong for tweeting about "internal issues" including a claim that the...

Yahoo News' Twitter account was hacked this afternoon and a fake tweet claiming there was an "Ebola outbreak in Atlanta"...