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Tech researchers sue US Trump administration over visa bansIn December, the International Fact-Checking Network said it was "deeply concerned" by reports that the State Department instructed staff t...
Hey chatbot, is this true? AI 'factchecks' sow misinformationDuring India and Pakistan's recent conflict, social media users turned to AI chatbots like Grok, ChatGPT, and Gemini for fact-checking, onl...
Firebrand MAGA activist Laura Loomer wants Meta to put her on its advisory board, will Mark Zuckerberg oblige?Laura Loomer, a MAGA activist, has asked Meta to include her on its advisory board following CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to end fact-che...
Meta’s Community Notes faces backlash over misinformation, accountability concernsFact-checking and disinformation research have long been contentious issues in the US, particularly in the hyperpolarised political climate...
'Copycat': Elon Musk, X users react to Meta introducing Community NotesMeta recently talked about ending its third-party fact-checking program and instead introducing a democratic means of fact-checking similar...
Mark Zuckerberg's political evolution, from apologies to no more apologiesEight years later, Zuckerberg is no longer apologising. On Tuesday, he announced that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, What...
Disinformation experts slam Meta decision to end US fact-checkingThe company's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, said that it is going to "get rid" of its third-party fact-checkers in the United States. A...
View: Manufacturing isn’t about jobs but key to balancing trade deficits, securing geopolitical securityIn a famous barnstorming speech, then-US senator Richard Nixon, battling charges of embezzlement of election funds, made an emotional appea...
Why is Elon Musk unhappy with Microsoft Word's inclusiveness checkerElon Musk's battle against "woke culture" takes an unexpected turn as he challenges Microsoft Word's inclusiveness checker, sparking a soci...
Israel-Hamas war: 'Dire' disinformation spreads globallyAs the war in Middle East intensifies, social media has been able to spread disinformation around the country. The conflict, which has kill...
Nixon’s ‘Checkers’ speech: What is it and when did Richard M. Nixon deliver the address?The 'Checkers' speech proved to be a resounding success. It generated an overwhelming outpouring of public support for Nixon.
Twitter imposes global restriction on tweet about home ministerTwitter's move has surprised many users and the Elon Musk-owned social media platform usually restricts access to content only in the terri...
EU tells Elon Musk to hire more staff to moderate TwitterThe demand complicates Musk's efforts to reorganize the loss-making business he acquired for $44 billion in October.
India has the most fact checkers in the world: Irene Jay Liu, News Lab lead, APAC at GoogleLiu said that as journalists are at the frontline of fighting misinformation and that it was with this in mind that the Google News Initiat...
Fact checkers suggest a four-step fix to YouTube’s misinformation problemFact checkers from over 40 countries have sent a letter to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, urging her to take at least four steps to stop the c...
Fact-checkers from India, elsewhere urge YouTube CEO to act against disinformationBOOM, Fact Crescendo, Factly, NewsMobile, The Healthy Indian Project (THIP), The Logical Indian and Vishvas News were among the Indian fact...
Facebook fact checkers say curbing misinformation requires more proactive effortsAccording to the research report cited by WSJ, most users considered Facebook responsible for moderating this content.
Instagram will remove coronavirus-related posts from recommendations, 'explore' optionUnless posted by credible health organisations, the post won't feature on your Insta page.
Removing one million accounts a day to ensure fair polls, says FacebookFacebook also stated that it has “expanded” its partnerships with third-party fact-checkers.
- Maran releases free regional language software tools
Minister of communications and information technology Dayanidhi Maran on Wednesday released software tools and fonts in seven different lan...