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Meta Just Shut A Vital Online Tool. It's Bad News For Fight Against Misinformation
For more than a decade, researchers and journalists have relied on a digital tool called CrowdTangle to track and fight the spread of viral falsehoods online.
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Twitter Lacks Transparency In Fight Against Misinformation: Report
Twitter has shown a lack of transparency in the fight against misinformation, France's regulator in charge of digital communications Arcom said on Monday, as the social media platform faced heightened scrutiny following steep job cuts.
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Twitter Says Will Step Up Fight Against Misinformation on Platform With New Policy
Twitter says it's stepping up its fight against misinformation with a new policy cracking down on posts that spread potentially dangerous false stories. The change is part of a broader effort to promote accurate information during times of conflict or crisis.
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Misinformation On Covid, Vaccines "Resulting In People Dying", WHO Warns
The World Health Organization's Covid-19 chief warned Tuesday "We're not out of the woods" in the fight against the pandemic, even if many people thought it was nearly over.
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YouTube, Along With Facebook, Said to Be on White House Radar for Spreading COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation
The White House has YouTube, not just Facebook, on its list of social media platforms officials say are responsible for an alarming spread of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and are not doing enough to stop it, sources familiar with the administration's thinking said.
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Facebook, Google Lobbyists Fight Bill That Would Help US News Industry
Facebook and Google lobbyists threw their weight against new US legislation that seeks to aid struggling news publishers by allowing them to negotiate collectively against the tech companies over revenue sharing and other deals.
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Facebook, Twitter Outpaced by Smaller Platforms Like TikTok, Reddit in Fight Against Harmful Content: Study
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube made slower progress than smaller social media platforms including TikTok and Reddit at battling harmful content, such as hate speech and misinformation during the second half of 2020, claims an IPG Mediabrands study.
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Facebook Continues Fight With ‘Super Spreaders’ on US Election Misinformation
On Facebook, the fight against US election misinformation continues, thanks to "super spreaders" – accounts that disseminate rumours and fabrications, falsely spreading the idea that the 2020 election was beset by organised, extensive fraud by the Democratic Party.
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Facebook’s Long and Halting Fight Against Misinformation
Facebook is facing its toughest challenge around misinformation on the social network ahead of the US elections. Here are some of the biggest steps and missteps it has taken to fight it since 2016.
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Facebook, Twitter Step Up Fight Against Misinformation on US Elections
Social media platforms stepped up fight against misinformation on the US elections, with Facebook starting a hub to help users with poll-related resources and Twitter expanding rules against misinformation on mail-in ballots and early voting.
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"Be Part Of Solution, Not Political Interruption": Union Minister Hits Out At Rahul Gandhi
The Congress has been misleading, misinforming and confusing people amid the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Saturday, responding to MP Rahul Gandhi's "failed lockdown" barb.
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Facebook Steps Up Fight Against COVID-19 Misinformation With New Tool
The new service goes beyond warnings that Facebook says it slapped on about 40 million posts related to the virus in March alone, following reviews of the posts by independent fact-checkers such as AFP.
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Tech Companies Step Up Fight Against Bad Coronavirus Info
Potentially dangerous coronavirus misinformation has spread from continent to continent like the pandemic itself, forcing the world’s largest tech companies to take unprecedented action to protect public health.
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Coronavirus Sends Asia's Social Media Censors Into Overdrive
Deluged by misinformation about the new coronavirus on social media, some Asian governments are fighting back with arrests, fines and fake news laws - something free speech advocates fear will entrench measures that can also silence dissent.
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WHO Ties With Social Media To Fight Against Misinformation On Coronavirus
The World Health Organization said Monday it was working around the clock with internet and social media giants to combat widespread misinformation surrounding the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak.
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Meta Just Shut A Vital Online Tool. It's Bad News For Fight Against Misinformation
For more than a decade, researchers and journalists have relied on a digital tool called CrowdTangle to track and fight the spread of viral falsehoods online.
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Twitter Lacks Transparency In Fight Against Misinformation: Report
Twitter has shown a lack of transparency in the fight against misinformation, France's regulator in charge of digital communications Arcom said on Monday, as the social media platform faced heightened scrutiny following steep job cuts.
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Twitter Says Will Step Up Fight Against Misinformation on Platform With New Policy
Twitter says it's stepping up its fight against misinformation with a new policy cracking down on posts that spread potentially dangerous false stories. The change is part of a broader effort to promote accurate information during times of conflict or crisis.
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Misinformation On Covid, Vaccines "Resulting In People Dying", WHO Warns
The World Health Organization's Covid-19 chief warned Tuesday "We're not out of the woods" in the fight against the pandemic, even if many people thought it was nearly over.
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YouTube, Along With Facebook, Said to Be on White House Radar for Spreading COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation
The White House has YouTube, not just Facebook, on its list of social media platforms officials say are responsible for an alarming spread of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and are not doing enough to stop it, sources familiar with the administration's thinking said.
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Facebook, Google Lobbyists Fight Bill That Would Help US News Industry
Facebook and Google lobbyists threw their weight against new US legislation that seeks to aid struggling news publishers by allowing them to negotiate collectively against the tech companies over revenue sharing and other deals.
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Facebook, Twitter Outpaced by Smaller Platforms Like TikTok, Reddit in Fight Against Harmful Content: Study
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube made slower progress than smaller social media platforms including TikTok and Reddit at battling harmful content, such as hate speech and misinformation during the second half of 2020, claims an IPG Mediabrands study.
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Facebook Continues Fight With ‘Super Spreaders’ on US Election Misinformation
On Facebook, the fight against US election misinformation continues, thanks to "super spreaders" – accounts that disseminate rumours and fabrications, falsely spreading the idea that the 2020 election was beset by organised, extensive fraud by the Democratic Party.
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Facebook’s Long and Halting Fight Against Misinformation
Facebook is facing its toughest challenge around misinformation on the social network ahead of the US elections. Here are some of the biggest steps and missteps it has taken to fight it since 2016.
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Facebook, Twitter Step Up Fight Against Misinformation on US Elections
Social media platforms stepped up fight against misinformation on the US elections, with Facebook starting a hub to help users with poll-related resources and Twitter expanding rules against misinformation on mail-in ballots and early voting.
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"Be Part Of Solution, Not Political Interruption": Union Minister Hits Out At Rahul Gandhi
The Congress has been misleading, misinforming and confusing people amid the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Saturday, responding to MP Rahul Gandhi's "failed lockdown" barb.
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Facebook Steps Up Fight Against COVID-19 Misinformation With New Tool
The new service goes beyond warnings that Facebook says it slapped on about 40 million posts related to the virus in March alone, following reviews of the posts by independent fact-checkers such as AFP.
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Tech Companies Step Up Fight Against Bad Coronavirus Info
Potentially dangerous coronavirus misinformation has spread from continent to continent like the pandemic itself, forcing the world’s largest tech companies to take unprecedented action to protect public health.
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Coronavirus Sends Asia's Social Media Censors Into Overdrive
Deluged by misinformation about the new coronavirus on social media, some Asian governments are fighting back with arrests, fines and fake news laws - something free speech advocates fear will entrench measures that can also silence dissent.
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WHO Ties With Social Media To Fight Against Misinformation On Coronavirus
The World Health Organization said Monday it was working around the clock with internet and social media giants to combat widespread misinformation surrounding the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak.
