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Pope Francis denounces fake news about Covid-19, vaccines, urges truth

Pope Francis denounced fake news about COVID-19 and vaccines Friday, blasting the distortion of reality based on fear

Year in review: Five technologies and trends that did not work in 2021

Here is a look at the disappointing aspects of 2021

Wankhede sues internet platforms, says they are 'spreading misinformation'

The matter is scheduled to be heard on December 17

Govt has taken several steps to deal with fake news: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The steps include setting up of a Fact Check Unit under the Press Information Bureau and notifying the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021

How Facebook's algorithm led a test user in India to fake news, gore

Photos of beheadings and jingoistic scenes of violence fill hypothetical account's feed days after it set up in Feb 2019 to see the content Facebook recommends users.

India top source of social media misinformation on Covid-19: Study

India produced the largest amount of social media misinformation on COVID due to country's higher internet penetration rate, increasing social media consumption and users' lack of internet literacy

Misinformation on Facebook gets way more engagement than news: Study

Misinformation received six times as many likes, shares, and interactions as legitimate news articles, researchers at New York University and France's Universite Grenoble Alpes have found.

New IT Rules prevent fake news, misuse of freedom of press: Centre tells HC

The Centre has defended the legality of the new IT Rules before the Delhi High Court, saying that the rules seek to prevent the misuse of the freedom of press and protect the citizens from fake news

A new idea of India

The values the G7 espouses must be followed

Facebook to push down all posts from users who share misinformation

Facebook has announced to push down all posts by users who repeatedly share misinformation and fake content as it expands its fact-checking programme

Facebook takes down 9 fake networks from 6 countries for violating policy

Facebook has taken down nine networks from six countries in April targeting people with false and deceptive information

Twitter takedown request not for criticism but fake news: Govt sources

While Medianama reported that Twitter complied with govt requests and censored 52 tweets, the posts have been withheld in India only

Govt asks Twitter, other social platforms to remove 'misleading' Covid posts

The government has asked social media platforms to remove content and posts that were found to be spreading misinformation and public panic around the pandemic

Assembly polls: Twitter puts in place tech, policies to counter false info

The heightened social media activity ahead of an election, whether local or national, has been of concern for governments across the world

Twitter committed to its values, works with Indian govt: Kathleen Reen

Senior executive of the social media giant speaks to Business Standard about the measures company has taken for Indian elections.

Facebook to label vaccine posts to combat Covid-19 misinformation

Facebook is adding informational labels to posts about vaccines as it expands efforts to counter Covid-19-related misinformation flourishing on its platforms

Just 111 FB users spreading half of major coronavirus vaccine doubts

The findings showed that just 10 out of the 638 population segments contained 50 per cent of all vaccine hesitancy content on the platform

Twitter cracks down on misinformation over vaccine, begins labelling tweets

Twitter says it has begun labelling tweets that include misleading information about Covid vaccines and using a "strike system" to eventually remove accounts that repeatedly violate its rules

Twitter plans new tool to let users block, mute abusive accounts

Twitter is planning a new tool to let users automatically block and mute abusive accounts.

If Big Tech has the will, research can show the way to self-regulation

Research shows three key ways social media self-regulation can work: deprioritize engagement, label misinformation and crowdsource accuracy verification