EU prepares major penalties against Elon Musk's XEU regulators plan major penalties against Elon Musk's X for violating the Digital Services Act, potentially exceeding $1 billion. The fine...
05 Apr, 2025, 07.17 AM IST
Tech giants skip Brazil disinformation hearingThe snub also followed a decision last year by Brazil's Supreme Court to block Elon Musk's X platform for 40 days for failing to comply wit...
23 Jan, 2025, 08.01 AM IST
Meta ending fact-checks 'bad for democracy': BrazilBrazil's communication minister Sidonio Palmeira criticized Meta's decision to end fact-checking in the US, calling it "bad for democracy" ...
09 Jan, 2025, 10.31 AM IST
Big tech rolls out the red carpet for TrumpMeta's fact-checking initiative began after Trump's 2016 election, which critics attributed to disinformation on Facebook and foreign inter...
08 Jan, 2025, 08.31 AM IST
Bluesky finds with growth comes growing pains - and botsBluesky, the decentralised social media platform, has experienced rapid growth following the US election, surpassing 25 million users. This...
22 Dec, 2024, 06.48 PM IST
An AI researcher takes on election deepfakesOren Etzionia, University of Washington professor and founding CEO of the Allen Institute for AI, became one of the first researchers to wa...
03 Apr, 2024, 01.06 PM IST
Russian disinformation is about immigration. The real aim is to undercut Ukraine aidRussian disinformation efforts are targeting U.S. immigration and border security issues to sow division ahead of the 2024 election. Amplif...
02 Mar, 2024, 06.53 AM IST
Google is giving away some of the AI that powers chatbotsThe company said in a blog post that it was releasing two AI language models that could help outside companies and independent software dev...
22 Feb, 2024, 08.45 AM IST
Social media titans caught in Gaza storm over contentSocial media platforms like TikTok and X face ongoing controversies, from the resurgence of Osama bin Laden's content to accusations of ant...
18 Nov, 2023, 08.33 AM IST
China allegedly pumps in billions to shape global narrative through proxiesAllegations have arisen that China is investing billions of dollars annually in an endeavor to reshape the global narrative through the uti...
01 Nov, 2023, 08.14 PM IST
Big Tech drags feet on climate disinformation, advocates warnClimate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD), a coalition of more than 50 advocacy groups and businesses, released the report on Wednesday ...
20 Sep, 2023, 09.49 PM IST
Meta unveils a more powerful AI and isn't fretting over who uses itZuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, said on Tuesday that he planned to provide the code behind the company's latest and most advanced AI technolog...
19 Jul, 2023, 12.39 AM IST
In battle over AI, Meta decides to give away its crown jewelsAs a race to lead AI heats up across Silicon Valley, Meta is standing out from its rivals by taking a different approach to the technology.
21 May, 2023, 10.42 PM IST
Big Tech crackdown looms as EU, UK ready new rulesThe updates help solidify Europe's reputation as the global leader in efforts to rein in the power of social media companies and other digi...
25 Apr, 2023, 10.40 PM IST
How war in Ukraine roiled Facebook and InstagramMeta has made more than half a dozen content policy revisions since Russia invaded Ukraine last month. The company has permitted posts abou...
31 Mar, 2022, 10.43 AM IST
How the Biden White House is fighting Russian disinformationUnlike its European allies, the White House is not directly pushing the giant U.S.-based tech and social media companies that control the f...
04 Mar, 2022, 10.28 PM IST
Russia to restrict Facebook access for 'censoring' its mediaMoscow has also increased pressure on domestic media, threatening to block reports that contain what it describes as "false information" re...
26 Feb, 2022, 11.27 AM IST