Page 7 - Fake News

Deepfake: An existential threat to our information dissemination systems

Deepfake's proliferation poses huge challenges

As coronavirus spreads, so does fake news

Facebook's new "physical harm" standard is one that Twitter and Google ought to adopt

Worried about abuse of social platforms for revenge porn, fake news: Prasad

He also asserted that identification of the originator of messages was still a problem with regard to WhatsApp

Nothing helps the elderly against the fake news they consume and spread

Elections are heating up the political debate and frenzied forwards are helping the elderly voters build on their biases

Facebook working to curb fake cures on coronavirus outbreak, misinformation

Kang-Xing Jin, Facebook's head of health, said in a post that the social media platform's third-party fact-checkers are reviewing content and debunking false claims related to the coronavirus

US Prez election: Twitter, Pinterest crackdown on voter misinformation

The platform said the tool would be available at "key moments" throughout the election

Govt to tweak bill to regulate digital media to ease burden on tech firms

The rules are part of India's broader efforts to tackle disinformation and 'fake news'

Facebook to combat fake news with this new fact-checking program: Know how

The company will work with data services provider Appen to source community reviewers

Instagram to expand fact-checking programme to curb misinformation

In its official blog, Instagram explained that the third-party fact-checker program will be expanded out of the US for organisations around the world to assess and rate misinformation

CAA protests: 15,000 social media mediators fight to root out fake news

We flagged and removed as many as 2,500 fake news and communal items, said a mediator

Trump postpones 'Fake News Awards' to mainstream media to January 17

US President Donald Trump today postponed his much-talked about 'Fake News Awards' to the mainstream media for "dishonesty and bad reporting" to January 17. The awards ceremony was supposed to be held today. Trump upon his return from the presidential retreat of Camp David yesterday tweeted about the new date of the "one- of-its-kind" awards to various media houses. "The Fake News Awards, those going to the most corrupt & biased of the Mainstream Media, will be presented to the losers on Wednesday, January 17th, rather than this coming Monday," he tweeted. "The interest in, and importance of, these awards is far greater than anyone could have anticipated!" he said. Trump had, on January 2, announced that he would give away awards to media houses for "dishonesty and bad reporting". "I will be announcing THE MOST DISHONEST & CORRUPT MEDIA AWARDS OF THE YEAR on Monday at 5:00 o'clock. This would be one of its kind media award by the US president. Subjects will cover

Donald Trump believes fake news and not media is the enemy of people

Ivanka's remarks were construed as her differences with the president on this issue

Private firms shouldn't censor politicians, news, political ads: Zuckerberg

While Twitter has banned all political ads, Google last month announced new restrictions on such ads

FB issues corrective label on user's post under Singapore fake news laws

Two years in the making and implemented only last month, Singapore's law is the first to demand that Facebook publish corrections when directed to do so by the government

Facebook corrects user's post after Singapore invokes fake news law

The correction notice was embedded at the bottom of the original post without any alterations to the text, but it could not be seen by other users inside and outside the country

China brings new rules to root out fake news created with AI, bots

Failure to follow them could be considered a criminal offence, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said, without offering details on punishments

Singapore orders Facebook to correct a user's 'anti-govt' blog post

Singapore is just one of many nations grappling with how to respond to propaganda and false information online

Read news over Twitter, FB? Only 24% feel social media can catch fake news

A Reuters report also found that WhatsApp had become a force to reckon with in news media

Instagram now allows users to flag false content to stop misinformation

According to a report in Poynter.org, while the roll out of the feature has started in the US, it should be available for all international users in about two weeks

Detecting fake news: Here's how to help kids navigate misinformation online

Being able to identify the trustworthiness of information is an important concern for everyone