Fact-checkers from India, elsewhere urge YouTube CEO to act against disinformationBOOM, Fact Crescendo, Factly, NewsMobile, The Healthy Indian Project (THIP), The Logical Indian and Vishvas News were among the Indian fact...
Logically and NewsMobile launch pan-Indian media literacy programme to tackle Covid-19 misinformationThe misinformation tackling programme called Covishaala, aims to educate and inform people across India on the facts about Covid-19 and Cov...
Fake news around coronavirus vaccine on the wane, but still a concernWhile US President Joe Biden hit out at Facebook and other social media platforms last month, alleging they were killing people through mis...
Misinformation linked to Covid-19 vaccines still a concern in IndiaMisinformation linked to the pandemic has come down with the drop in cases., but posts and content linked to Covid-19 vaccines and vaccine ...
Facebook adds its first health fact-checking partner in IndiaFacebook said the move is aimed at combating Covid-19 and all other health-related misinformation on the platform
New social media rules could increase compliance & help stem misinformation: FB fact checkersWhile announcing the rules on Thursday, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said concerns had been raised over the rampant spread of fake news ...
Brands may pull back from advertising on Twitter amid company's face-off with government"Brands will have to be very careful now and they will hedge their bets. Companies move away from advertising on the platforms which are un...
2020 was most volatile, chaotic for misinformation in India, says Facebook fact checkerFact Crescendo is among eight fact-checkers that Facebook has engaged in India, making it the country with the second most number of third-...
Farmers Protests: Twitter lit up as Republic Day tractor rally turned violent in DelhiAs protestors broke barricades, clashed with the police and then infamously hoisted the Nishan Sahib flag from Red Fort, there was a flood ...
Vishva Hindu Parishad considering legal action against WSJ for its Facebook, Bajrang Dal reportIn a response to ET’s queries, a Facebook spokesperson said it bans individuals or entities after following a careful, rigorous, and multi-...
No vaccine yet for fake news epidemicFact checkers for Facebook and other social media platforms said the volume of fake news is rising following global Covid-19 vaccine trial ...
US elections 2020: Facebook India fact checker NewsMobile and UC Berkeley startup FakeNetAI to detect deep fakes on social mediaOther fact checkers said while Facebook has not issued any new guidelines or instructions to Indian fact checkers for the US elections and ...
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...
After rejig, Facebook users will get fake news alertsFacebook started a pilot fact-checking program in Karnataka last year through a partnership with fact-checking portal Boom, followed by one...
Facebook introduces fact checking in more local Indian languages, provides additional funding to partnersThe newest languages are Urdu and Punjabi. Before that it was Tamil and Gujarati. So Facebook now has 10 languages in which fact-checking h...
Facebook expands fact-checking network in India, adds 5 more partners to spot fake newsIt has also equipped checkers with tools to review photos and videos to "help identify and take action against more types of misinformation...
India asks Pakistan to hand over Dawood IbrahimIndia today asked Pak to hand over Dawood Ibrahim saying enough evidence have been given to it on the prime accused in the 1993 Mumbai seri...