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Trump hospitalised? Debunking Trump’s motorcade video signaling President’s release from the hospital in widely circulating footageA video circulating online suggested Donald Trump was hospitalized. Fact-checkers confirmed the footage is from 2024, not a recent event. T...
Meta watchdog says grassroots fact checks risk harm to usersMeta said it would ask ordinary users to verify controversial claims in a system known as "community notes", aping methods on X and other s...
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...
Meta expands third-party fact checking programme in India with PTIWith this partnership, PTI will be allowed to identify, review and rate content as misinformation across Meta platforms including WhatsApp,...
Meta expanding fact-checking to Threads ahead of US, India electionsMeta is expanding its fact-checking programme to Threads platform, as the US and India gear up for general elections next year.
Facebook alters fact-checking controls for US usersMeta-owned Facebook has handed US users the controls over fact-checked content, in a potentially significant move that the platform says wi...
Meta adds another fact checking partner in IndiaWith this partnership, Meta will have 11 fact checking partners in India, making it the country with the most number of third-party fact ch...
The Facebook bug and a misinformation fluA "bug" in Facebook's News Feed injected a "rush of misinformation" and other dangerous content between October and March
Koo takes the Facebook route, set to launch advisory boardThe company has been growing at a fast clip over the past few years and expanding significantly in regional languages. It is also looking t...
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.
Facebook adds its first health fact-checking partner in IndiaFacebook said the move is aimed at combating Covid-19 and all other health-related misinformation on the platform
New social media rules could increase compliance & help stem misinformation: FB fact checkersWhile announcing the rules on Thursday, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said concerns had been raised over the rampant spread of fake news ...
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-...
Vishva Hindu Parishad considering legal action against WSJ for its Facebook, Bajrang Dal reportIn a response to ET’s queries, a Facebook spokesperson said it bans individuals or entities after following a careful, rigorous, and multi-...
US elections 2020: Facebook India fact checker NewsMobile and UC Berkeley startup FakeNetAI to detect deep fakes on social mediaOther fact checkers said while Facebook has not issued any new guidelines or instructions to Indian fact checkers for the US elections and ...
It's upto Facebook to respond on its fact checking programme, say FB fact-checkers after IT minister raises concernsIn February last year, ahead of India's general elections, Facebook had expanded its third-party fact-checking programme by adding five new...
2019 - The year of fake newsCAA protests latest in a series of events that triggered extensive spread of misinformation across social media, say fact checkers.
Facebook introduces fact checking in more local Indian languages, provides additional funding to partnersThe newest languages are Urdu and Punjabi. Before that it was Tamil and Gujarati. So Facebook now has 10 languages in which fact-checking h...
How Facebook fights fake news in the world's largest electionFact checking firms are at the heart of Facebook's efforts to rebuild its credibility during India's elections.
Facebook expands fact-checking network in India, adds 5 more partners to spot fake newsIt has also equipped checkers with tools to review photos and videos to "help identify and take action against more types of misinformation...