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In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee proposed a simple information system and accidentally changed the internet foreverIn 1989, Tim Berners-Lee proposed a system at CERN to improve information sharing among scientists using hypertext links. This led to the i...
Hacked hospitals, hidden spyware: Iran conflict shows how digital fight is ingrained in warfareIran is employing advanced cyber tactics, like spyware disguised as bomb shelter alerts, against Israel and the US This digital conflict in...
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...
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...
End of a love affair: news media quit X over 'disinformation'Major news outlets are leaving social media platform X. They say the platform is enabling the spread of disinformation. X's owner is Elon M...
Musk and friends are smothering the internet’s truth seekersDisinformation research groups in the US face challenges from lawsuits and probes, primarily by Republicans and Elon Musk. These legal acti...
Russians behind fake video of ballots being destroyed, US officials sayRussian actors were behind a viral video falsely showing mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in the swing state of Pennsylvani...
US accuses Russia of using state media to spread disinformation ahead of November electionIntelligence agencies have previously charged that Russia was using disinformation to try to interfere in the election. But the anticipated...
China-linked 'Spamouflage' network mimics Americans online to sway US political debateChinese disinformation networks are targeting American voters with fake social media accounts ahead of the upcoming election. The group Spa...
Pro-Russia 'news' sites spew incendiary US election falsehoodsThe fake sites -- largely enabled by cheap, widely available artificial intelligence tools -- are fueling an explosion of polarizing or fal...
UN unveils principles for fighting online disinformationThe United Nations on Monday published principles for fighting online disinformation, including an overhaul of the advertising model of soc...
Brazil judge Alexandre de Moraes orders probe on Elon Musk over censorship chargeAlexandre de Moraes accused the owner of X of "criminal instrumentalisation" of the platform. The judge said "the social network X must ref...
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...
Twitter quits EU disinformation code: EU industry commissioner Thierry BretonLaunched in 2018, the EU's code of practice on disinformation counts nearly three dozen signatories including the giants in the sector such...
I&B ministry orders blocking of 20 anti-India YouTube channels, two websitesThe channels were used to post "divisive content in a coordinated manner on topics like Kashmir, Indian army, minority communities in India...
Facebook: Fake scientist used to spread anti-US propagandaThe company based in Menlo Park, California, did not directly attribute the network to the Chinese government. But it noted employees of Ch...
Why even artificial intelligence cannot stop the spread of fake newsNew technological solutions, unfortunately, may not be a silver bullet.