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Social media giants step up the hunt for fake ads to stem misinformation

Google, Facebook, Twitter get tough with imposters as they look to keep brands and users loyal to their platforms

Twitter adds new labels, warnings to combat Covid-related misinformation

The three broad categories the company will look at are misleading information, disputed claims and unverified claims

Twitter tests warning prompt on replies with offensive, harmful language

The prompt will come as a pop-up on tweets which carry harmful content

Social media platforms offer new rules to brands for online advertising

Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn ask brands to mind the tone and pitch while keeping their ads simple, factual and humane

Twitter disables 'tweet via SMS' feature due to text message vulnerability

The tweet via SMS feature was launched with Twitter's original 140-character limit

ShareChat scouts for start-ups in AI, ML space to expand product portfolio

Acquires memes platform Memer for an undisclosed amount

Bitcoin is like a poetry, can bring a sea change in the world: Jack Dorsey

Dorsey has also hired Bitcoin developers for his payments company, Square

LinkedIn, Twitter list brands leading the way in fight against Covid-19

It listed five top companies whose work has resonated the most

Covid-19 impact: UP Police probing 346 cases of fake news on social media

Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, TikTok etc are under the scanner

Not a flash in the pandemic

A design column must take note of the many excellent, thoughtful responses by the design and creative professions

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey pledges $1 bn for coronavirus relief effort

Dorsey said that after the pandemic ends, the fund would focus on health and education for girls and "universal basic income" efforts.

Clean, cook, binge, repeat...

If everybody is "working" from home then how has TV consumption gone up? Who is making all that gourmet food being posted on social media?

The evolution of Facebook

The book is weakest in explaining the central controversy plaguing Facebook today: Its ginormous control over the flow of global information and misinformation

Tech billionaires making friends with Big Brother

What was once thunderously de­s­cr­ibed as 'surveillance capitalism' is now a pandemic necessity

The telecom test

A nationwide lockdown is putting pressure on network

Twitter sees 900% increase in hate speech towards China due to coronavirus

It said that a lot of people are using racist hashtags such as #Kungflu, #chinesevirus and #communistvirus as they tweet about the pandemic

The world will be as one

Not quite the way Lennon envisioned in Imagine, but an invisible virus will refine globalism, make us accountable, and make travel a richer, more immersive experience, but in smaller numbers

IT ministry to Twitter, Facebook, Google: Help tackle fake news on Covid-19

Apart from genuine advice on hygience practices, plenty of misinformation is also being propagated, even as most platforms have announced strict steps against such content

Coronavirus empties offices; YouTube, Fb say AI moderation errors may rise

In a blog post, Google said that to reduce the need for people to come into offices

Tech giants join hands to fight coronavirus-related fraud, misinformation

In a joint statement, the companies said they are working closely together on COVID-19 response efforts.