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...
16 Jun, 2023, 08.47 PM IST
Meta, Google grilled over misinformation and cyberbullying, Twitter nextMeta representatives also appeared before the committee and were grilled about the death and rape threats directed towards Australian prese...
20 Jan, 2022, 05.37 PM IST
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.
26 Oct, 2021, 10.48 AM IST
Facebook disputes claims of inadequate flagging of vernacular contentThe company has disputed this saying it uses technology to proactively detect hate speech in the two languages as well as have reviewers fl...
06 Oct, 2021, 10.34 PM IST
- Facebook disputes claims of inadequate flagging of vernacular content
India, with over 530 million users, according to government data, is the largest market in terms of users for Facebook. In contrast, the US...
06 Oct, 2021, 09.54 PM IST
Facebook is 'killing people' with Covid-19 misinformation: BidenUS President Joe Biden has hit out at Facebook again, saying that such social media platforms are allowing Covid vaccine misinformation to ...
17 Jul, 2021, 04.28 PM IST
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 ...
13 May, 2021, 07.59 PM IST
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-...
05 Feb, 2021, 10.16 AM IST
'WhatsApp privacy policy changes won’t lead to data sharing with Facebook'Working to address misinformation on WhatsApp privacy policy changes and remain available to answer any questions, says a spokesperson for ...
21 Jan, 2021, 05.39 AM IST
Facebook bans celebrity chef Pete Evans for spreading coronavirus conspiracy theoriesThe former chef's page on Instagram with 278,000 followers is still active.
24 Dec, 2020, 11.00 AM IST
YouTube comes under fire for lax approach on overseas election misinformationBut half a world away in Myanmar, which held a general election just five days after the U.S. vote and faced a tidal wave of online misinfo...
18 Dec, 2020, 01.04 PM IST
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 ...
30 Nov, 2020, 08.32 AM IST
India needs Facebook, Twitter anti-fake toolsTrump and allies flooded social media on Wednesday with false claims of victory and unsupported allegations of voter fraud, testing Twitter...
06 Nov, 2020, 11.30 AM IST
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 ...
30 Sep, 2020, 03.26 PM IST
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 ...
06 Aug, 2020, 11.59 AM IST
Zuckerberg-funded scientists: Rein in hate on FacebookThe researchers, including 60 professors at leading U.S. research institutions, wrote the Facebook CEO on Saturday asking Zuckerberg to "co...
07 Jun, 2020, 07.23 AM IST
Fake Covid-19 'gyaan' goes viralMisinformation on Covid-19 including home remedies, conspiracy theories, false government advisories, and misleading narratives around Chin...
06 Mar, 2020, 07.45 AM IST