Wyoming reporter caught using artificial intelligence to create fake quotes and storiesThe publisher and editor at the Enterprise, which was cofounded in 1899 by Buffalo Bill Cody, have since apologised and vowed to take steps...
15 Aug, 2024, 10.00 AM IST
Meta beats censorship lawsuit by RFK Jr's anti-vaccine groupChildren's health defense sued in 2020, saying that Meta had violated its constitutional rights by flagging "vaccine misinformation" as fal...
10 Aug, 2024, 08.50 AM IST
Elon Musk wants people on X to police election posts. It's not working wellX recently faced issues with misinformation after President Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. Their Community Notes program, int...
26 Jul, 2024, 01.49 PM IST
Facebook News tab will soon be unavailable as Meta scales back news and political contentLaunched in 2019, the News tab curated headlines from national and international news organisations, as well as smaller, local publications...
01 Apr, 2024, 02.58 PM IST
AP, other news organisations develop standards for use of AI in newsroomsAP is one of a handful of news organisations that have begun to set rules on how to integrate fast-developing tech tools like ChatGPT into ...
18 Aug, 2023, 12.10 AM IST
BuzzFeed, Vice woes signal crisis in digital-only mediaThe two media groups have different profiles and goals, but one thing they have in common is a reliance on advertising dollars to fund thei...
04 May, 2023, 10.57 PM IST
Google, YouTube to invest $13.2 million to help fight misinformationIn a bid to further fight misinformation, Google and YouTube have announced a $13.2 million grant to the International Fact-Checking Networ...
30 Nov, 2022, 04.43 PM IST
Twitter prank spurs unexpected scrutiny of insulin pricesAmong the victims was drugmaker Eli Lilly, whose stock price nosedived -- erasing billions in market capitalization -- after a parody accou...
15 Nov, 2022, 07.40 AM IST
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...
03 Sep, 2020, 07.16 PM IST
International Fact-Checking Network launches a WhatsApp bot to fight Covid-19 misinformationThe IFCN's bot provides users with a global directory of fact-checking organizations. The system is capable of identifying the user's count...
04 May, 2020, 07.49 PM IST
Google wants to tackle coronavirus misinformation, pumps in $6.5 mn into fact-checkersThe company is also looking to use its products and 'ecosystem' to bolster the battle against fake news.
03 Apr, 2020, 09.10 AM IST
WhatsApp does its bit, donates $1 mn to International Fact-Checking Network, launches coronavirus info hubThe messaging app has worked with a number of national health ministries.
02 Apr, 2020, 01.19 PM IST
WhatsApp donates $1 million to International Fact-Checking Network for coronavirus facts allianceWhatsApp said The WhatsApp Coronavirus Information Hub has been launched to provide simple, actionable guidance for health workers, educato...
18 Mar, 2020, 05.01 PM IST
Can fact-checking emerge as big and viable business?With never-seen-before levels of misinformation and fake news, fact-checking has assumed renewed importance.
07 May, 2019, 08.39 PM IST
Facebook expands fact-checking programme in India, partners AFP to spot fake newsFacebook, which in April this year had partnered with BOOM, said the move will "bolster" its ongoing efforts to "clamp down on manipulated ...
05 Nov, 2018, 09.34 PM IST
Donald Trump: Militant attacks 'all over Europe,' some not reportedWhite House spokesman Sean Spicer said the Trump administration would provide a list of unreported or under-reported attacks, adding "there...
07 Feb, 2017, 07.28 AM IST
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