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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...
Meta to start testing crowd-sourced fact checking, based on Musk's X example, next weekMeta will test its crowd-sourced fact-checking program, Community Notes, starting March 18, replacing traditional fact-checks. Unlike befor...
Parliamentary panel to summon Meta over Zuckerberg's recent remark on Lok Sabha pollsDr. Nishikant Dubey announces that the parliamentary committee will summon Meta over CEO Mark Zuckerberg's incorrect statement about the In...
Has Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pivoted to the right? After getting rid of third-party fact-checkers, he appears on a podcast with Joe Rogan and goes gaga over TrumpMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's recent actions have led to discussions about a potential shift toward conservative viewpoints. Meta's decision t...
Meta Ditches Fact-Checkers, Replaces Them with Elon Musk-Inspired Community NotesMeta ends fact-checking program: Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has reportedly announced the discontinuation of its th...
Australia threatens fines for social media giants enabling misinformationThe Australian government said it would make tech platforms set codes of conduct governing how they stop dangerous falsehoods spreading, to...
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,...
Australian media hits back as Facebook scraps news dealsThe head of one of Australia's largest media groups said on Monday that the country should stand up to tech giants, days after Facebook par...
Meta launches ‘Know What’s Real’ campaign to combat misinformationThe social media giant said the aim of the campaign was to educate users on identifying and addressing misinformation on WhatsApp and Insta...
Misinformation Combat Alliance, Meta introduce WhatsApp Helpline to fight deepfakesThe WhatsApp helpline will go live in March this year and will allow people to flag deepfakes by sending them to its chatbot. The chatbot w...
Meta Oversight Board to open case on manipulated video of US President BidenThe board, which is funded by Meta but run independently, said the case would "examine issues related to manipulated media on Meta's platfo...
Facebook failed to control Covid misinformation due to its design, reveals studyThe Covid-19 vaccine misinformation policies of Facebook, the world's largest social media platform, were not effective in combating misinf...
Deep dive into Meta's algorithms shows that America's political polarization has no easy fixThe four research papers, published in Science and Nature, also reveal the extent of political echo chambers on Facebook, where conservativ...
Meta's algorithms show that America's political polarisation has no easy fixFour research papers, published in Science and Nature, reveal the extent of political echo chambers on Facebook, where conservatives and li...
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...
Google to expand misinformation "prebunking" in EuropeThe tech giant plans to release a series of short videos highlighting the techniques common to many misleading claims. The videos will appe...
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...