fake news

false or misleading information presented as news
Organization political_slogan Q28549308
fake news
Frederick Burr Opper · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

fake news is a political slogan[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of political slogan entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,498 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: Wikibase reason for deprecated rank[3]
  • Subclass of: lying press[4], communication[5]
  • Commons category: Fake news[6]
  • Has part(s): false statement[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fake news[8]
  • Facet of: lying press[9]
  • Described by source: Red Blue Translator[10]
  • Different from: alternative facts[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject COVID-19[12]
  • WordLift URL: http://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/fake_news[13]
  • P14717: fake news[14]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for fake news include deepfake[15], an AI risk[16].

Why It Matters

fake news has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Entities named for it include deepfake[15], an AI risk[16].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . clarin.com. clarin.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . thenextweb.com. thenextweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). fake news. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/fake-news
MLA “fake news.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 15 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/fake-news.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fake-news_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{fake news}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fake-news}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-15}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Pallor · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → political slogan, Wikibase reason for deprecated rank
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'as', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bh', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', '
    Sitelink count → 78
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: Wikibase reason for deprecated rank"
  2. 10w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14717 → fake news
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14717: Q28549308, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1785524324610"
  3. 13w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/fake-news
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Encyclopædia britannica online id: topic/fake-news"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0381228-fake-news
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0381228-fake-news, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → alternative facts
    Facet of → lying press
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → lying press, communication
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ Yso id: 37799, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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