Page 5 - Fake News

How real is the change that social media and TV news cacophony exhibits?

The cacophony on TV would have us believe that the character of India has changed, but this narrative too is distorted

Hate content crisis is Facebook India chief's biggest leadership test yet

Ajit Mohan, who joined Facebook in January 2019, spearheads the India charter for the US-based social media giant

If you must, regulate digital media first: Centre to Supreme Court

Sufficient framework exists on print and electronic media, government tells court

Facebook adds information hub for climate change to combat misinformation

Like coronavirus information hub, the climate information hub will feature accurate information regarding climate change

West Bengal Police forms separate groups to deal with fake news menace

West Bengal Police has formed separate core groups of police officers with expertise in cybercrime detection to deal with the menace of circulation of "fake news", a senior official said

But I saw it on Facebook: Hoaxes making doctors' jobs harder in pandemic

Conversations with the American public through cable news interviews and op-eds like this one try to dissect and debunk the many myths about new virus

Parliamentary panel plans to summon Facebook in hate-speech case

A report by The Wall Street Journal on Saturday mentioned that Facebook overlooked its hate speech policies

Facebook removes 7 mn posts for sharing false information on Covid-19

Facebook said it relied more heavily on automation technology for reviewing content during the months of April, May and June as it had fewer reviewers at its offices due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Facebook, Twitter target Trump, team's posts for coronavirus misinformation

Facebook removed from Trump's official account the post of a video clip from a Fox News interview in which he said children are 'almost immune' from Covid-19

Too much misinformation

Bad News is a meticulously-researched discourse on the state of the news, and the psychological impulses that determine how we consume it

Twitter failed to tame parody accounts, govt must frame guidelines: Experts

Accounts that pose as another person, brand or organisation in a confusing or deceptive manner have seen a meteoric rise in India, tweeting misinformation to change the narrative of the day

Facebook civil rights audit: 'Serious setbacks' mar progress on hate speech

Facebook hired the audit's leader, former American Civil Liberties Union executive Laura Murphy, in May 2018 to assess its performance on vital social issues.

Walgreens, New Zealand-based Stuff join 'boycott Facebook' campaign

Leading US drugstore chain Walgreens and New Zealand-based news site Stuff have decided to quit Facebook and its sister platforms amid criticism over its handling of hate speech and misinformation

Google adds 'Fact-Checked' labels for search images to limit misinformation

Google used these fact-checking labels for years in its main search results and on video-streaming site YouTube

I&B PSU floats tender to check disinformation on social media platforms

The Public Information Bureau also has a fact-check Twitter handle that counters misinformation on government policies and schemes

'Brazen attack on free speech': Editors Guild on FIR against Vinod Dua

Dua was also accused by a BJP spokesperson of "misreporting" on the Delhi communal violence and stating that the 'central government had done nothing to stop the violence'

Trump's executive order may lead to stricter social media rules in India

Experts said the impact of face-off between Trump and Twitter' will not be felt in the US for now unless the Federal Communications Commission issues some regulations

Coronavirus facts vs myths: Don't believe these WhatsApp tips on Covid-19

Coronavirus rumours: The spread of misinformation via WhatsApp in many ways mimics how Covid-19 itself moves through societies - from individual to individual, group to group

Twitter adds fact-check label to Donald Trump tweets for first time

In a pair of tweets issued Wednesday morning from his iPhone, Trump said that social media sites are trying to silence conservative voices, and need to change course or face action.

UP Police cracks down on fake news amid Covid-19 crisis, lodges 40 FIRs

After the lockdown was announced in March 2020, the Adityanath government had warned of tough action against fake news and agai8nst those uploading inflammatory material on social media sites