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Protests and riots continue in UK cities for fourth day
Misinformation over child murders incites unrest leading to police injuries, arrests and high security at UK mosques
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Misinformation warfare
As China’s influence grows, the US is engaging in actions that undermine its reputation as a champion of democracy
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US Presidential candidate Kamala Harris: What misinformation has been shared about her?
With Harris' candidacy, Democrats are betting against her missteps as politician given US history of sexism and racism
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Experts for fighting misinformation
Call for collaboration to safeguard businesses, tackle false information online
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Are social media platforms ready to counter misinformation?
Voters in Pakistan, Indonesia, India and other countries go to polls in 2024
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The war of words — and visuals
The weaponisation of media, is an immediate menace to be wary of.
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ECP unearths fake social media accounts
Fake accounts used to disseminate misinformation; CEC is not on social media
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WhatsApp to limit number of forwarded messages to prevent misinformation
WhatsApp is planning to add features that will stop the spread of forwarded messages, to prevent misinformation.
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Facebook bug leads to increased views of harmful content
Facebook engineers identified a massive bug in its News Feed which failed to demote hate speech and misinformation
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Reddit quarantines r/Russia over misinformation
Reddit quarantines r/Russia for spreading false information against Ukraine while supporting Russia's invasion.
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Spotify under fire for 'spreading vaccine misinformation' via Joe Rogan podcast
Following Neil Young's lead, Joni Mitchell has removed her music from streaming service.
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Whistleblower says transparency needed to fix social media ills
Facebook Whistleblower says a much deeper investigation is needed to prevent misinformation and abuse in all languages
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Stop sharing unverified details about Noor’s murder: Osman Khalid Butt
Celebrity urged netizens to curb misinformation amid hyper-activism
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Indonesia jails cleric for four years over spread of false Covid-19 information
Hundreds of Rizieq's supporters gather outside the East Jakarta court
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Google to contribute $25 million to new EU fund to fight fake news
The Covid-19 pandemic and the US election last year spurred a massive spike in misinformation
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Facebook freezes Venezuela president Maduro's page over Covid-19 misinformation
Facebook has frozen Maduro’s page for promoting a remedy that he claims can cure coronavirus
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Twitter tackles Covid-19 vaccine misinformation with labels, strike policy
Twitter said it would apply warnings to tweets that contain misleading information about Covid-19 vaccines
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Facebook, Twitter outpaced by smaller platforms in fight against harmful content
Pinterest suspends accounts that continuously spread misinformation
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Twitter users fact check misinformation in new trial program
Twitter launched a pilot program that has users flag tweets that they believe are misleading
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Misinformation could prompt people to turn against Covid-19 vaccines: study
The study comes as one of the major vaccine efforts showed promising results this week
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Facebook removes 'inauthentic' networks spanning 8 nations
Facebook has come under fire for not developing tools to combat extremist content on its platform
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Twitter suspends fake Associated Press accounts that made bogus US election calls
Twitter confirmed the accounts were permanently suspended for violating its policy on impersonation
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Fake news spread on WhatsApp to Indian Americans plays stealth role in US election
Messages on WhatsApp are confidential and cannot be seen by moderators who police misleading content
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YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
YouTube says it removed over 200,000 videos related to dangerous or misleading Covid-19 information since February
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Twitter imposes restrictions, more warning labels ahead of US election
Twitter will remove tweets calling for people to interfere with US election process
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Facebook extends freeze on US political ads until after election
Facebook said it’s readied new safeguards for US elections to deal with candidates who prematurely declare victory
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Facebook, Twitter take action over Trump's misleading Covid-19 posts
Facebook took post down but not before it was shared about 26,000 times
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Twitter is testing how its misinformation labels can be more obvious, direct
Twitter is rethinking how labels it applies to misinformation look and work
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Twitter removes 130 accounts disrupting public conversation during Trump-Biden debate
Twitter removed accounts, which appeared to originate in Iran, 'based on intel' provided by FBI
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Twitter aims to label more state-affiliated accounts worldwide
Twitter has been used widely by activists to broadcast human rights abuses from countries like Saudi Arabia and China
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Free Speech champion Mark Zuckerberg plans to censor his employees
Zuckerberg was displeased with the fact that staff discussed social issues at work
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Twitter will make key US political accounts adopt tighter account security
Twitter was recently targeted in a hacking campaign that compromised accounts of prominent political figures
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Facebook launches climate science info center amid fake news criticism
Facebook launched a climate science information center to elevate credible sources on climate change
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Twitter expands misinformation rules ahead of US election
Twitter is updating rules to protect against voter suppression and misleading content on its platform
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Facebook bans Indian ruling party politician for policy violation
Mark Zuckerberg’s company finds itself caught in a debate over how it handles political content in its biggest market
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Facebook launches new product in Pakistan to combat misinformation
Facebook will issue warnings to users that the image they are about to share could be harmful or misleading
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Facebook improving hate speech detection ahead of Myanmar election
Facebook has faced criticism worldwide from activists, regulators, and governments for spread of misinformation
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Facebook launches hub to help users with US poll related information
Hub will provide Facebook and Instagram users with accurate and easy-to-find information about voting
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Facebook’s dilemma: How to police claims about unproven Covid-19 vaccines
Facebook in recent months banned such claims as ‘social distancing does not work’ due to risk of ‘imminent’ harm
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Facebook mulls ban on political ads ahead of US elections
Facebook has been under fire for its policy of exempting politicians’ ads and speech from fact-checking
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Facebook to prioritise original reporting, transparent authorship in News Feed
Facebook has stepped up the battle against online misinformation with a latest update to prioritise original reporting
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UN launches global 'Pause' campaign to counter Covid-19 misinformation
UN chief says misinformation is spreading faster than the virus itself; disrupting public health efforts
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Google extends fact-checking to image search
Google will display 'fact check' labels underneath thumbnails that appear in image search results
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Six ways you can prevent misinformation from spreading on WhatsApp
Despite WhatsApp tightening message forwarding limits, the app remains a hub of misinformation
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Facebook will now affix labels to political ads
Facebook is facing demands to do more to combat false viral information
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Virus misinformation fuels panic in Asia
Online misinformation and hoaxes during coronavirus crisis are stoking fear and confusion across Asia
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Twitter, Trump clash intensifies over misleading election tweets
President Donald Trump's threat to shut down social media companies after Twitter labeled two of his tweets misleading
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Twitter calls Trump tweets 'unsubstantiated' for the first time
Twitter targeted two tweets President Trump posted in which he made claims without evidence
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Misinformation ruins lives, UK fact-checker says
Twitter challenged 3.4 million accounts that appeared to engage suspiciously in Covid-19 conversation
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Facebook gets rid of 'pseudoscience' ad-targeting category
Misinformation about the pandemic caused by coronavirus, from bogus cures to wide-ranging conspiracy theories


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