Meta said it would ask ordinary users to verify controversial claims in a system known as "community notes", aping methods on X and other s...

The 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...

Meta's efforts to combat "coordinated inauthentic behavior" on its platforms come as fears mount that generative AI will be used to trick o...

Social media giant Meta says its bid to thwart coordinated disinformation campaigns created through ever-improving generative AI is working...

Under the proposed legislation, the owners of platforms like Facebook, Google, Twitter, TikTok and podcasting services would face penalties...

The letter was signed by the prime ministers of Ukraine, Moldova, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and rele...

The company held a dominant position in personal social networking services and online video advertising markets and obstructed competitors...

Working with Jigsaw, the psychologists from the universities of Cambridge and Bristol have produced 90-second clips designed to "inoculate"...

A "bug" in Facebook's News Feed injected a "rush of misinformation" and other dangerous content between October and March

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will also be able to enforce an internet industry code on uncooperative platforms,...

The company based in Menlo Park, California, did not directly attribute the network to the Chinese government. But it noted employees of Ch...

A serious threat in online settings is that fake news spreads faster than verified and validated news from credible sources.

Biden’s forceful statement capped weeks of anger in the White House over the dissemination of vaccine disinformation online, even as the pa...

Facebook said the fake accounts also pushed messages for and against US President Donald Trump, his Democratic opponent Joe Biden and forme...

Leonardo DiCaprio, Katy Perry and Michael B. Jordan have all expressed support for the freeze.

Facebook, Google and Twitter should provide monthly reports on their fight against disinformation, two senior EU officials said on Wednesda...

Beyond Fake News is the British public broadcaster's new international anti-disinformation initiative, looking at highlighting the problems...