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Meta Forms Teams To Combat Disinformation, AI Abuse In EU Parliament Polls
Facebook owner Meta will set up a team to tackle disinformation and the abuse of generative artificial intelligence in the run-up to European Parliament elections in June amid concerns about election interference and misleading AI-generated content.
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"Pose As Lawyers, Activists": How Chinese Accounts Spread Fake News In India
A recent report by Meta has highlighted the growing menace of fake Facebook accounts originating from China spreading fake news about India.
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Man Gets Bail After Arrest For Fake Tweet About Haryana Chief Minister
A 31-year-old man was arrested allegedly for sharing on Facebook a morphed screenshot of a tweet made by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
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YouTube Suspends Payments to 14 Brazilian Accounts Over Election Disinformation
YouTube said it had suspended payments to content producers from 14 channels accused of spreading fake news about next year's election by the country's federal electoral court.
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Social Media Is Broken: MIT Report Suggests Solutions to Fix It
Vast powers concentrated in the hands of a few corporations, the spread of fake information and news, threats to privacy, election process and democracy were some of the key issues researchers, policymakers, and users in the US underscored about the social media ecosystem recently. Check out details here.
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Facebook, Twitter Remove Nearly 100 Posts Critical of COVID-19 Response in India After Government Order
Twitter and other social media platforms have removed about 100 posts and URLs after the government asked them to remove content that was critical of the handling of the current medical crisis or spreading fake news around the pandemic.
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The Social Dilemma: A Modern-Age Horror Film Documentary That Will Make You Rethink the Apps on Your Phone
The big takeaway from The Social Dilemma is that it made me want to turn off my notifications. Delete the apps I don’t need. And keep my phone away. Along with crisp interviews of tech experts, the documentary runs a parallel fictional story about how social media affects the life of a suburban family.
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Facebook, Twitter, Google to Report Monthly on Fake News Fight, EU Says
The comments by EU foreign policy head Josep Borrell and the European Commission's Vice President for values and transparency Vera Jourova underscore the bloc's concerns about the prevalence of misleading news on COVID-19 and the attempts by foreign actors to influence Europe.
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Case Against Facebook Page For Circulating Fake News In J&K's Udhampur
A First Information Report was registered against a Facebook page for allegedly circulating a fake news about an encounter between police and terrorists in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, a senior police officer said.
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Facebook Sues Indian Techie for Running Deceptive Ads, Fake News on Coronavirus
Facebook has filed a lawsuit against an Indian man for running a software company that pushed deceptive advertisements and misinformation about coronavirus outbreak on social media platforms by bypassing its advertising review process.
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Facebook Sues Indian Techie For Running Deceptive Ads, COVID-19 Fake News
Facebook has filed a lawsuit against an Indian man for running a software company that pushed deceptive advertisements and misinformation about coronavirus outbreak on social media platforms by bypassing its advertising review process.
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CBSE Warns Against Fake News About Board Exams
CBSE has released a notice warning students about fake notices regarding board exams. Despite CBSE releasing regular updates, several rumors are doing round on social media platforms.
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Coronavirus: India Tells Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, Other Social Media Firms to Curb Misinformation
Witnessing a huge surge in fake news and misinformation related to new coronavirus (COVID-19) on social media platforms in India, the government has issued an advisory to them, saying it is pertinent on their part to control spread of misinformation on their platforms.
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10 Best and Worst Tech Trends of 2019
2019 was a mixed bag in terms of technology trends. On one hand, the consumers finally started really worrying about their data and big tech made some big promises to safeguard it, on the other, deepfakes went mainstream and are surprisingly each to create, becoming an even bigger cause of concern in the era of fake news and misinformation campaign...
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Iraq Protests Inspired Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. "False", Says Classmate
Like most college campuses in early 2003, Harvard University was atwitter on one issue in particular: the imminent Iraq invasion. The Bush administration's push to overthrow Saddam Hussein was debated and picked over in dorm rooms, argued about in lecture halls and scrutinized in term papers.
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Meta Forms Teams To Combat Disinformation, AI Abuse In EU Parliament Polls
Facebook owner Meta will set up a team to tackle disinformation and the abuse of generative artificial intelligence in the run-up to European Parliament elections in June amid concerns about election interference and misleading AI-generated content.
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"Pose As Lawyers, Activists": How Chinese Accounts Spread Fake News In India
A recent report by Meta has highlighted the growing menace of fake Facebook accounts originating from China spreading fake news about India.
-
Man Gets Bail After Arrest For Fake Tweet About Haryana Chief Minister
A 31-year-old man was arrested allegedly for sharing on Facebook a morphed screenshot of a tweet made by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
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YouTube Suspends Payments to 14 Brazilian Accounts Over Election Disinformation
YouTube said it had suspended payments to content producers from 14 channels accused of spreading fake news about next year's election by the country's federal electoral court.
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Social Media Is Broken: MIT Report Suggests Solutions to Fix It
Vast powers concentrated in the hands of a few corporations, the spread of fake information and news, threats to privacy, election process and democracy were some of the key issues researchers, policymakers, and users in the US underscored about the social media ecosystem recently. Check out details here.
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Facebook, Twitter Remove Nearly 100 Posts Critical of COVID-19 Response in India After Government Order
Twitter and other social media platforms have removed about 100 posts and URLs after the government asked them to remove content that was critical of the handling of the current medical crisis or spreading fake news around the pandemic.
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The Social Dilemma: A Modern-Age Horror Film Documentary That Will Make You Rethink the Apps on Your Phone
The big takeaway from The Social Dilemma is that it made me want to turn off my notifications. Delete the apps I don’t need. And keep my phone away. Along with crisp interviews of tech experts, the documentary runs a parallel fictional story about how social media affects the life of a suburban family.
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Facebook, Twitter, Google to Report Monthly on Fake News Fight, EU Says
The comments by EU foreign policy head Josep Borrell and the European Commission's Vice President for values and transparency Vera Jourova underscore the bloc's concerns about the prevalence of misleading news on COVID-19 and the attempts by foreign actors to influence Europe.
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Case Against Facebook Page For Circulating Fake News In J&K's Udhampur
A First Information Report was registered against a Facebook page for allegedly circulating a fake news about an encounter between police and terrorists in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, a senior police officer said.
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Facebook Sues Indian Techie for Running Deceptive Ads, Fake News on Coronavirus
Facebook has filed a lawsuit against an Indian man for running a software company that pushed deceptive advertisements and misinformation about coronavirus outbreak on social media platforms by bypassing its advertising review process.
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Facebook Sues Indian Techie For Running Deceptive Ads, COVID-19 Fake News
Facebook has filed a lawsuit against an Indian man for running a software company that pushed deceptive advertisements and misinformation about coronavirus outbreak on social media platforms by bypassing its advertising review process.
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CBSE Warns Against Fake News About Board Exams
CBSE has released a notice warning students about fake notices regarding board exams. Despite CBSE releasing regular updates, several rumors are doing round on social media platforms.
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Coronavirus: India Tells Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, Other Social Media Firms to Curb Misinformation
Witnessing a huge surge in fake news and misinformation related to new coronavirus (COVID-19) on social media platforms in India, the government has issued an advisory to them, saying it is pertinent on their part to control spread of misinformation on their platforms.
-
10 Best and Worst Tech Trends of 2019
2019 was a mixed bag in terms of technology trends. On one hand, the consumers finally started really worrying about their data and big tech made some big promises to safeguard it, on the other, deepfakes went mainstream and are surprisingly each to create, becoming an even bigger cause of concern in the era of fake news and misinformation campaign...
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Iraq Protests Inspired Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. "False", Says Classmate
Like most college campuses in early 2003, Harvard University was atwitter on one issue in particular: the imminent Iraq invasion. The Bush administration's push to overthrow Saddam Hussein was debated and picked over in dorm rooms, argued about in lecture halls and scrutinized in term papers.
