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India news agency PIB to fact-check all social media posts

January 19, 2023 Staff Writer 0

India plans to require social media platforms to remove content that’s been “fact-checked” and deemed false by the government’s Press Information Bureau (PIB). Read more…

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JIgsaw brings its anti-misinformation project to India

December 7, 2022 News Centre 0

Google subsidiary Jigsaw is launching a new project in India using ‘prebunking’ videos to prevent misinformation that has been blamed for inciting violence. Read more…

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Big Tech must crack down on deepfakes or face big fines under EU code

June 14, 2022 News Centre 0

Tech companies will have to take measures to counter deepfakes on their platforms or risk hefty fines under an updated EU code of practice. Read more…

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Social media disinformation under scrutiny ahead of Philippine elections

April 28, 2022 Joana Bagano 0

Social media platforms are being increasingly scrutinized in the lead-up to the Philippine elections following several controversies that have raised the spectre of disinformation and its impact on the outcome. Recently, Facebook took down the Read more…

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Are social media firms deleting evidence of war crimes in Ukraine?

April 5, 2022 John C. Tanner 0

Social media platforms working to police content related to the war in Ukraine may also be inadvertently helping to cover up war crimes. Read more…

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ACMA will be able to force Big Tech to share disinformation data

March 21, 2022 News Centre 0

Under new laws, Australia’s ACMA will be able to force Big Tech firms to share data about how they handle disinformation. Read more…

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Deepfake Zelenskyy video a sign that digital disinformation will get worse

March 18, 2022 John C. Tanner 1

The good news: the Zelenskyy deepfake was easy to debunk. The bad news: our current digital disinformation problem is getting worse. Read more…

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India officials get tough on US tech giants over fake news

February 2, 2022 News Centre 0

Indian officials have held heated discussions with Google, Twitter and Facebook for not proactively removing what they described as fake news. Read more…

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Fake news just got a serious adversary – could the C2PA solution work?

March 1, 2021 Alex Leslie 0

Technology companies are now getting together with C2PA to fight the spread of fake news, and it is a refreshing, challenging development. Read more…

Twitter Birdwatch
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Twitter launches ‘Birdwatch’, where users flag misleading content

January 27, 2021 News Centre 0

Twitter said it launched Birdwatch that has users flag tweets that they believe are misleading and write notes to provide context. Read more…

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Singapore law minister: Social media fake news, profits above principles

January 12, 2021 News Centre 0

Social media firms are hampered by their commercial interests when tackling fake news, putting profit above principle: Singapore law minister Read more…

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The manipulation of Twitter is bad and it will only get worse, much worse.

December 8, 2020 Alex Leslie 0

The manipulation of news as filtered through Twitter is becoming very worrying. The story that broke over the weekend is an example. Read more…

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Facebook takes down Advance NZ page for pandemic misinformation

October 16, 2020 News Centre 0

Facebook shut down the page of Advance NZ, a fringe New Zealand political party, for sharing misinformation about the pandemic. Read more…

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Misleading health content on Facebook attracted almost 4 billion views

August 20, 2020 News Centre 0

Misleading health content has racked up an estimated 3.8 billion views on Facebook, peaking during the COVID-19 pandemic Read more…

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Facebook took down 7 million fake COVID-19 posts – in 12 weeks

August 13, 2020 News Centre 0

Facebook Inc said it removed 7 million posts in the second quarter for sharing false information about the novel coronavirus. Read more…

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Alibaba and founder Jack Ma summoned to Indian court over censorship

July 26, 2020 News Centre 0

An Indian court has summoned Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma after former employee says he was wrongfully fired over censorship issue. Read more…

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Conspiracy theory that 5G towers spread coronavirus is fake news, duh!

April 5, 2020 News Centre 0

A conspiracy theory that links 5G mobile towers to the spread of the novel coronavirus is dangerous fake news and completely false. Read more…

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Facebook deeply concerned, Singapore orders blog page block

February 20, 2020 News Centre 0

Facebook said it was “deeply concerned” about a Singapore government order to block access to a blog page on its social media website. Read more…

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Zuckerberg recruited an army to fight fake content – can he win?

February 19, 2020 Alex Leslie 0

When Mark Zuckerberg spoke at the recent Munich Security Conference he said his company is now taking down a million fake accounts every day. Read more…

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Facebook takes down fast-spreading coronavirus fake news

February 3, 2020 News Centre 0

Facebook has said it will take down misinformation about China’s fast-spreading coronavirus, in a rare departure from its usual approach. Read more…

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