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YouTube to start bringing back creators banned for Covid-19 and election misinformationIn a letter submitted in response to subpoenas from the House Judiciary Committee, attorneys for Alphabet said the decision to bring back b...
Meta rolls back measures to tackle Covid misinformationSocial media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter came under immense pressure to tackle misinformation related to the pandemic, including...
Joe Rogan responds to Spotify protest, Covid-19 advisories after receiving backlash stirred by Neil YoungOn Friday, Joni Mitchell said she is seeking to remove all of her music from Spotify in solidarity with Young.
Indian-led team develops online search system to limit COVID-19 misinformation"With so much new information coming out all the time, it can be challenging for people to know what is true and what is not," said Ronak P...
Logically and NewsMobile launch pan-Indian media literacy programme to tackle Covid-19 misinformationThe misinformation tackling programme called Covishaala, aims to educate and inform people across India on the facts about Covid-19 and Cov...
Fake news around coronavirus vaccine on the wane, but still a concernWhile US President Joe Biden hit out at Facebook and other social media platforms last month, alleging they were killing people through mis...
Misinformation linked to Covid-19 vaccines still a concern in IndiaMisinformation linked to the pandemic has come down with the drop in cases., but posts and content linked to Covid-19 vaccines and vaccine ...
'Too little, too late': Social media has a Covid vaccine misinformation problem. Here's what experts suggestA serious threat in online settings is that fake news spreads faster than verified and validated news from credible sources.
Facebook to roll out new campaign in India to fight Covid-related misinformationThe social networking giant has removed over 12 million pieces of "harmful" misinformation on Covid-19 globally from Instagram and its own ...
Government asks platforms to curb Covid-19 misinformationThe government on Friday sent an advisory to platforms — such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and Instagram — to “initiate awareness campaig...
2020 was most volatile, chaotic for misinformation in India, says Facebook fact checkerFact Crescendo is among eight fact-checkers that Facebook has engaged in India, making it the country with the second most number of third-...
Google launches $3 mn fund to fight misinformation around Covid vaccineThe fund will accept projects looking to expand the audience of fact-checks.
No vaccine yet for fake news epidemicFact checkers for Facebook and other social media platforms said the volume of fake news is rising following global Covid-19 vaccine trial ...
YouTube to fight Covid-19 vaccine conspiracy theories, will add links to 'authoritative' infoMisinformation about the new coronavirus vaccines has proliferated on social media.
Facebook, Twitter pull Donald Trump posts over coronavirus misinformationThe post contained a video clip, from an interview with Fox & Friends earlier in the day, in which Trump claimed that children are "almost ...
Twitter puts curbs on Donald Trump Jr's account over COVID-19 tweetThe eldest son of U.S. President Trump on Monday posted a video of doctors talking about the drug hydroxychloroquine, which was taken down ...
India, with 12 nations, leads initiative at UN to counter misinformation on COVID-19UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that apart from fighting the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the world is also seeing a "dangerous...