Here’s why Elon Musk is shutting down operations of X in BrazilElon Musk, the prominent billionaire and CEO of X, has announced that the platform might shut down its operations in Brazil.
18 Aug, 2024, 11.55 PM IST
Meta's oversight board backs takedown of Australian voter fraud postsMeta's board upheld removing Facebook posts calling for multiple votes in an indigenous rights referendum due to unclear voter fraud rules....
09 May, 2024, 10.11 PM IST
BRS complains to EC on Cong's alleged use of 'deepfake' technology in Telangana poll campaignIn the complaint addressed to the Chief Election Commissioner, Telangana Chief Electoral Officer and state DGP on Wednesday, the BRS said r...
30 Nov, 2023, 03.09 PM IST
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...
27 Sep, 2023, 09.59 AM IST
Will AI 'help' you vote next election?The bigger risk is of spreading misinformation through pre-internet informal networks that have been remarkably efficient.
01 Sep, 2023, 10.27 PM 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
Brazil judge bans messaging app Telegram for ignoring rulingJustice Alexandre de Moraes said in his ruling that Telegram repeatedly ignored requests from Brazilian authorities, including a police req...
19 Mar, 2022, 08.10 PM IST
Twitter announces initiatives ahead of 2022 assembly electionsA voter education quiz will be aimed at engaging people in Q&As with necessary facts about the polls. Twitter will also be expanding its de...
13 Jan, 2022, 12.43 PM IST
India needs Facebook, Twitter anti-fake toolsTrump and allies flooded social media on Wednesday with false claims of victory and unsupported allegations of voter fraud, testing Twitter...
06 Nov, 2020, 11.30 AM IST
YouTube channels making money from ads, memberships amplify Trump voting fraud claimsReuters found the channels, ranging from ones with 1,000 followers to more than 629,000, endorsing claims that fact-checking units of the A...
06 Nov, 2020, 10.47 AM IST
U.S. election plagued by online misinformation about legitimate ballot countingTwitter marked Trump's latest tweet, in which he claimed without evidence that "surprise ballot dumps" were aiding rival Joe Biden, as havi...
05 Nov, 2020, 12.01 AM IST
'Who the hell elected you?' U.S. Senate tech hearing becomes election showdownThe chief executives of Twitter Inc, Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google called the law crucial to free expression on the internet. They...
29 Oct, 2020, 08.16 AM IST
Facebook removes 574 posts; Twitter deletes 49 accounts during first three phasesAs many as 60 Facebook posts had ‘political advertisements’ during the silent period despite EC’s directions against the same
25 Apr, 2019, 08.36 AM IST
1 in 2 Indians receiving fake news via Facebook, WhatsApp"Nearly 62 per cent of the population believes that the upcoming elections will be influenced by the misinformation that the users are rece...
09 Apr, 2019, 08.45 PM IST
Make distinction between ad and right to use: Karnataka’s chief election officerThe caution came in the wake of misinformation that WhatsApp group admins would be held accountable if they promote a candidate or a party.
20 Mar, 2019, 10.26 AM IST
Fighting fake news: YouTube to show 'information panels' on news-related videosYouTube currently offers features like 'Breaking News' and 'Top News' in English.
07 Mar, 2019, 04.08 PM IST
Twitter launches initiative for blood donation in IndiaTwitter will be supporting the implementation of an automated response solution to scale the operations of @BloodDonorsIN.
20 Mar, 2018, 07.48 PM IST