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AI used to make 'fetishised' images of disabled womenSome account owners use artificial intelligence to manipulate real images of non-disabled women, making them appear to have Down syndrome, ...
'Healthiest person I knew': Emotional marathon moment makes Nithin Kamath share wife Seema’s cancer survival storyNithin Kamath wife cancer story: Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath shared an emotional post about his wife Seema Kamath's cancer journey. Seema Kam...
Centre moves to regulate deepfakes, AI media; MeitY proposes amendments to IT rulesMeitY has proposed amendments to the IT rules to regulate AI-generated content, including deepfakes. Platforms must label synthetic media c...
Over 100 flights get bomb threats on TuesdayOver 100 flights across Indian airlines received bomb threats on Tuesday, adding to over 510 hoax threats in 16 days, mostly via social med...
Over 60 flights get bomb threats on MondayIndian carriers have faced over 60 bomb threats within a single day, adding to more than 410 threats over the past 15 days. These threats, ...
Working with international agencies, Intelligence Bureau to ban hoax bomb perpetrators: Aviation Minister NaiduUnion Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu announces that the Centre is considering steps to ban individuals who issue hoax bomb threat...
Puja Khedkar's 2022 locomotor disability certificate under scrutiny: Hospital dean confirms issuanceProbationary IAS officer Dr. Puja Khedkar is under investigation for allegedly manipulating disability and OBC certificates to qualify for ...
Govt asks social media firms to identify, remove misinformation, deepfakes within 36 hrsThe Indian government has issued an advisory to major social media companies to identify and remove misinformation, deepfakes, and other ru...
Elon Musk's X disabled feature for reporting electoral misinformation, claims researcherAfter introducing a feature in 2022 for users to report a post they considered misleading about politics, X in the past week removed the "p...
Twitter turmoil, staff exodus aggravate security concernsTwitter has plunged into turmoil as Musk, a self-professed free speech absolutist, seeks to shake up the money-losing company after his blo...
Instagram testing feature to notify users of outage or issue inside appThe test will run in the United States and will go on for a few months. The company is also planning to roll out a feature that will help m...
View: We research misinformation on Facebook. It just disabled our accountsIn the course of our overall research, we’ve been able to demonstrate that extreme, unreliable news sources get more “engagement” — that is...
Google to map oxygen, hospital beds amid surging Covid-19 cases in IndiaThe new feature, currently in pilot stage, uses the Q&A function in Google Maps to allow people to ask about and share local information on...
Government asks platforms to curb Covid-19 misinformationThe government on Friday sent an advisory to platforms — such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and Instagram — to “initiate awareness campaig...
US Congress to press Big Tech CEOs over speech, misinformationThat's been a familiar theme for lawmakers over the past few years. But the pressure is even higher following the Jan. 6 insurrection at th...
Twitter tests reddish-magenta colour for misinformation labels to make them more obvious, directThe company is working out whether to flag users who consistently post false information.
IT Ministry asks social media firms to remove false news from their platformTaking cognisance of fake news reports on the internet, the IT ministry has asked all social media companies to immediately remove false ne...
Indian government asks social media firms to control Coronavirus fake newsIn an advisory sent on Friday, the government asked social media platforms to start awareness campaigns, remove misinformation from the pla...
Fake news makes it to Instagram nowNow there is a surge of political posts on the platform, said observers.
WhatsApp blocks numbers for improper poll content spreadWhatsApp has started blocking mobile phone numbers that are proved to be circulating fake news.