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Fake news just got a serious adversary – could the C2PA solution work?
Technology companies are now getting together with C2PA to fight the spread of fake news, and it is a refreshing, challenging development. Read more…
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Twitter launches ‘Birdwatch’, where users flag misleading content
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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…