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"Saying it out loud, it just sounds crazy," says 24-year-old Jade.

The 2016 US election was beset by so-called “fake news” – but what’s happening this time around?

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Meet the grannies warning young people about far-right extremists
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Timeline of Yu Hyun-joo's life: 🇰🇵 Member of North Korean propaganda band 🥁 🇨🇳 Defects, risking her life to swim across a river into China 🌊 🇰🇷 Becomes a star 🌟 on South Korean television 📺. (WARNING: FLASHING IMAGES) Listen to 'North Korea’s Celebrity Defectors': https://bbc.in/2WMxebb
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Yu Hyun-joo: Life as a North Korean celebrity defector
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Image may contain: text that says '17:18 Coronavirus WhatsApp voice note fake, say health Marianna Spring BBC's specialist disinformation and social media reporter Reuters WhatsApp A misleading voice note circulating on WhatsApp about the response to coronavirus has been called "fake news" by Public Health England (PHE). be The message, featuring woman claiming from South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secas), claims to sharing inside information from PHE stating further lockdown restrictions will be imposed, and that a huge proportion of people dying from coronavirus are healthy and young.'
Image may contain: text that says 'Secas said that "the alarmist information being shared in the message is not correct". Prof Viv Bennett, chief nurse at PHE, told the BBC: "This is fake news, and we would urge people to ignore the message and not share it further." For tips on how to stop bad information going viral, click here.'
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