San Francisco goes after websites that make AI deepfake nudes of women and girlsNow a new effort to shut down the app and others like it is being pursued in California, where San Francisco this week filed a first-of-its...
17 Aug, 2024, 09.19 AM IST
TikTok to ramp up fight against fake news, covert influence ahead of EU electionsTiktok said the individual local language "election centres" build on work it first started in 2021, which accelerated last year when Greec...
14 Feb, 2024, 10.50 AM IST
North Koreans use fake names, scripts to land remote IT work for cashNorth Korea has dispatched thousands of IT workers overseas, an effort that has accelerated in the last four years, to bring in millions to...
22 Nov, 2023, 05.28 PM IST
Spain's watchdog clears Amazon, Booking.com, Tripadvisor over fake reviewsThe watchdog has detected possible signs of a violation of consumer protection regulations, and therefore sent the complaint to the consume...
22 Nov, 2023, 05.04 PM IST
North Koreans use fake names, scripts to land remote IT work for cashNorth Korean IT workers seeking jobs abroad employ intricate strategies, including fake names, sham profiles, and counterfeit documents, to...
21 Nov, 2023, 05.54 PM IST
Elon Musk's X is the biggest purveyor of disinformation, EU official saysAhead of upcoming elections, Google, TikTok, Microsoft and Meta also have more to do to tackle disinformation, much of it coming from Russi...
26 Sep, 2023, 07.44 PM IST
Israeli firm meddled in more than 30 elections: reportsFollowing the latest revelations, Israel might also face increased pressure to rein in its cutting-edge cyberware and technology sector whi...
15 Feb, 2023, 07.15 PM IST
Elon Musk's SpaceX buys ad campaign on Twitter for StarlinkTwitter, which recorded more than 90% of its revenue from ad sales in the quarter ended June 30, has seen an exodus of advertisers fearing ...
14 Nov, 2022, 04.45 PM IST
Amazon files legal complaints in Italy, Spain against fake review brokersAmazon has long been battling with fake or manipulated reviews and the problem has only worsened as more people flocked to its site for sho...
20 Oct, 2022, 04.06 PM IST
Amazon sues 10,000 Facebook group admins over fake reviewsAmazon said it strictly prohibits fake reviews and has more than 12,000 employees around the world dedicated to protecting its stores from ...
19 Jul, 2022, 11.54 AM IST
Snapdeal writes letter to USTR protesting inclusion in Notorious Markets listSnapdeal has asked the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to retract “false statements and issue a corrigendum” to its...
29 Jan, 2021, 08.48 PM IST
Former Facebook employee accuses firm for failing to act on political manipulation of platform: ReportHer memo is filled with concrete examples of heads of government and political parties in Azerbaijan and Honduras using fake accounts or mi...
15 Sep, 2020, 03.11 PM IST
Pandemic No. 2: China’s ‘largesse’ even more deadlyMessages from overwhelmed doctors on Twitter are heartbreaking. Faulty test kits on top of the endless shifts in the hospitals are China’s ...
02 Apr, 2020, 03.50 PM IST
Facebook announces COVID-19 'information centre' on News Feed for accurate, current news about pandemicThe new feature will also have a 'Why You Should Stay At Home' section.
19 Mar, 2020, 05.43 PM IST
Government asks America to deport Dawood Ibrahim’s nephew Sohail KaskarThe Indian authorities headed by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Mumbai Police Commissioner Subodh Kumar Jaiswal through the centr...
19 Dec, 2018, 11.47 AM IST
Spain police arrests 740 people over fake companiesOfficers targeted a total of 135 companies, supposedly working in hotels, construction, courier services, gardening and cleaning.
14 May, 2014, 03.25 PM IST
India fourth most vulnerable to cyber attacks on gamers in 2013India is among the four countries that faced the highest number of cyber attacks aimed at gamers in 2013, Kaspersky Lab said.
16 Dec, 2013, 08.55 PM IST