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...
28 Oct, 2024, 11.19 AM IST
X removes hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts since attack, CEO saysThe move came in response to EU industry chief Thierry Breton's 24 hour-ultimatum to Elon Musk to tackle the spread of disinformation on X ...
12 Oct, 2023, 01.14 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
Rights groups urge Jordan to scrap 'draconian' cybercrime billThe amendments would toughen penalties for those seen to have committed cybercrimes including spreading disinformation, with those found gu...
25 Jul, 2023, 12.55 AM IST
Australia plans huge fines if big tech fails to tackle disinformationUnder the proposed legislation, the owners of platforms like Facebook, Google, Twitter, TikTok and podcasting services would face penalties...
26 Jun, 2023, 12.22 PM IST
AI generated content should be labelled, EU Commissioner Vera Jourova saysCompanies such as Google, Microsoft and Meta Platforms that have signed up to the EU Code of Practice to tackle disinformation should repor...
05 Jun, 2023, 07.14 PM IST
Twitter cannot hide from EU rules after exit from code, EU's Breton saysCompanies which signed up to the code are required to provide regular progress reports with data on how much advertising revenue they had a...
27 May, 2023, 10.20 AM IST
Twitter likely to quit EU code against disinformation, EU official saysThe European Commission beefed up the code last year, requiring companies to submit regular progress reports with data on how much advertis...
26 May, 2023, 12.48 AM IST
Disinformation, misinformation as bad as other digital crime: MoS IT Chandrasekhar“Our government and agencies have determined that the velocity of misinformation and disinformation can be 8-10, sometimes 20 times faster ...
05 Apr, 2023, 05.36 PM IST
East Europe governments urge tech firms to fight disinformationThe letter was signed by the prime ministers of Ukraine, Moldova, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and rele...
29 Mar, 2023, 07.22 PM IST
TikTok promises to ramp up fight against disinformation in EUPresenting its progress report on what it did to live up to a beefed-up EU code of practice on disinformation in the past six months, TikTo...
09 Feb, 2023, 05.29 PM IST
Twitter draws EU ire for sending incomplete disinformation reportTwitter’s report was short of data and didn’t include commitments from the social media company that it would empower fact-checkers, the EU...
09 Feb, 2023, 02.15 PM IST
Big Tech not doing enough to remove fake news, says activist NGO AvaazThe companies are due to present reports this week on the measures they have taken to comply with the updated EU code of practice on disinf...
07 Feb, 2023, 11.26 AM IST
Google to roll out anti-disinformation campaign in some EU countriesWorking with Jigsaw, the psychologists from the universities of Cambridge and Bristol have produced 90-second clips designed to "inoculate"...
25 Aug, 2022, 08.45 AM IST
Google, Facebook, Twitter to tackle deepfakes or risk EU finesThe European Commission is expected to publish the updated code of practice on disinformation on Thursday as part of its crackdown against ...
14 Jun, 2022, 08.21 AM IST
European Union needs long-term plan to tackle 5G fake news, 15 EU countries say in joint callConspiracy theories that the novel coronavirus may be linked to the wireless technology have led to the torching of mobile phone masts in 1...
19 Oct, 2020, 12.57 PM IST
One country engages in disinformation campaign instead of Covid fight: India“It's sad that instead of joining the global and regional efforts in combating Covid-19, one country continues its disinformation campaign ...
30 Apr, 2020, 11.06 PM IST