
Fake news, content and fake information – the new arms race
Fake news has been a big issue for years now, but generative AI can take the fake information arms race to the next level. Read more…
Fake news has been a big issue for years now, but generative AI can take the fake information arms race to the next level. Read more…
The Vietnamese government is gearing up to launch an inspection of TikTok over concerns of “harmful” content and misinformation. Bring it on, says TikTok. Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Under new laws, Australia’s ACMA will be able to force Big Tech firms to share data about how they handle disinformation. Read more…
The good news: the Zelenskyy deepfake was easy to debunk. The bad news: our current digital disinformation problem is getting worse. Read more…
Indian officials have held heated discussions with Google, Twitter and Facebook for not proactively removing what they described as fake news. Read more…
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 said it launched Birdwatch that has users flag tweets that they believe are misleading and write notes to provide context. Read more…
Social media firms are hampered by their commercial interests when tackling fake news, putting profit above principle: Singapore law minister Read more…
The manipulation of news as filtered through Twitter is becoming very worrying. The story that broke over the weekend is an example. Read more…
Facebook shut down the page of Advance NZ, a fringe New Zealand political party, for sharing misinformation about the pandemic. Read more…
Misleading health content has racked up an estimated 3.8 billion views on Facebook, peaking during the COVID-19 pandemic Read more…
Facebook Inc said it removed 7 million posts in the second quarter for sharing false information about the novel coronavirus. Read more…
An Indian court has summoned Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma after former employee says he was wrongfully fired over censorship issue. Read more…
A conspiracy theory that links 5G mobile towers to the spread of the novel coronavirus is dangerous fake news and completely false. Read more…
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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