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No matter where you are, if you have access to any type of technology, the news is being fed to you at a 24\/7\/365 cycle<\/a> now. But not all the news you see on your smartphone, social media timeline, or anywhere else online is real\u2014some things you\u2019re reading are fake news stories. Luckily, there are ways to distinguish fake news articles from the real news stories you should pay attention to.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Keeping up with what\u2019s really going in the world can be tough with fake news out there, but knowing how to spot fake news can help you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-3112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy-and-safety","tag-privacy-and-safety"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Spot Fake News \u2013 Microsoft 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to spot fake news with this primer from Microsoft 365. 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