Fake news is the new black. Read any publication, and you'll encounter one or two accounts of fake news. The term is a neologism used to refer to fabricated news, propaganda or information warfare.

Despite its tiring ring, despite it not being new, despite it's imprecise and all-encompassing definition, it has never posed such a threat to society like today.

Information manipulation has been the silent weapon in many recent geopolitical conflicts. And while there's always been propaganda, its sophistication reached new heights in the US Presidential Elections of 2016.

The problem, though, is that fake news isn't only manipulating political events. Its influence is affecting governments, strategic, innovative decisions like Net Neutrality, and indeed, industry-wide warfare.

Anatomy of fake news

There are several aspects about fake news that have changed in recent years. These have made them a