misinformation

Misinformation over child murders incites unrest leading to police injuries, arrests and high security at UK mosques

As China’s influence grows, the US is engaging in actions that undermine its reputation as a champion of democracy

With Harris' candidacy, Democrats are betting against her missteps as politician given US history of sexism and racism

Call for collaboration to safeguard businesses, tackle false information online

Voters in Pakistan, Indonesia, India and other countries go to polls in 2024

The weaponisation of media, is an immediate menace to be wary of.

Fake accounts used to disseminate misinformation; CEC is not on social media

WhatsApp is planning to add features that will stop the spread of forwarded messages, to prevent misinformation.

Facebook engineers identified a massive bug in its News Feed which failed to demote hate speech and misinformation

Reddit quarantines r/Russia for spreading false information against Ukraine while supporting Russia's invasion.

Following Neil Young's lead, Joni Mitchell has removed her music from streaming service.

Facebook Whistleblower says a much deeper investigation is needed to prevent misinformation and abuse in all languages

Celebrity urged netizens to curb misinformation amid hyper-activism

Hundreds of Rizieq's supporters gather outside the East Jakarta court

The Covid-19 pandemic and the US election last year spurred a massive spike in misinformation

Facebook has frozen Maduro’s page for promoting a remedy that he claims can cure coronavirus

Twitter said it would apply warnings to tweets that contain misleading information about Covid-19 vaccines

Pinterest suspends accounts that continuously spread misinformation

Twitter launched a pilot program that has users flag tweets that they believe are misleading

The study comes as one of the major vaccine efforts showed promising results this week

Facebook has come under fire for not developing tools to combat extremist content on its platform

Twitter confirmed the accounts were permanently suspended for violating its policy on impersonation

Messages on WhatsApp are confidential and cannot be seen by moderators who police misleading content

YouTube says it removed over 200,000 videos related to dangerous or misleading Covid-19 information since February

Twitter will remove tweets calling for people to interfere with US election process

Facebook said it’s readied new safeguards for US elections to deal with candidates who prematurely declare victory

Facebook took post down but not before it was shared about 26,000 times

Twitter is rethinking how labels it applies to misinformation look and work

Twitter removed accounts, which appeared to originate in Iran, 'based on intel' provided by FBI

Twitter has been used widely by activists to broadcast human rights abuses from countries like Saudi Arabia and China

Zuckerberg was displeased with the fact that staff discussed social issues at work

Twitter was recently targeted in a hacking campaign that compromised accounts of prominent political figures

Facebook launched a climate science information center to elevate credible sources on climate change

Twitter is updating rules to protect against voter suppression and misleading content on its platform

Mark Zuckerberg’s company finds itself caught in a debate over how it handles political content in its biggest market

Facebook will issue warnings to users that the image they are about to share could be harmful or misleading

Facebook has faced criticism worldwide from activists, regulators, and governments for spread of misinformation

Hub will provide Facebook and Instagram users with accurate and easy-to-find information about voting

Facebook in recent months banned such claims as ‘social distancing does not work’ due to risk of ‘imminent’ harm

Facebook has been under fire for its policy of exempting politicians’ ads and speech from fact-checking

Facebook has stepped up the battle against online misinformation with a latest update to prioritise original reporting

UN chief says misinformation is spreading faster than the virus itself; disrupting public health efforts

Google will display 'fact check' labels underneath thumbnails that appear in image search results

Despite WhatsApp tightening message forwarding limits, the app remains a hub of misinformation

Facebook is facing demands to do more to combat false viral information

Online misinformation and hoaxes during coronavirus crisis are stoking fear and confusion across Asia

President Donald Trump's threat to shut down social media companies after Twitter labeled two of his tweets misleading

Twitter targeted two tweets President Trump posted in which he made claims without evidence

Twitter challenged 3.4 million accounts that appeared to engage suspiciously in Covid-19 conversation

Misinformation about the pandemic caused by coronavirus, from bogus cures to wide-ranging conspiracy theories