fake news
Mark Zuckerberg says US govt inaction allowed fake news to spread on Facebook
Thu, Jun 27, 2019
Zuckerberg - who has himself been widely criticised for a lackluster response to fake news - also called on governments to further regulate private data, political advertising and step up efforts to prevent state actors from interfering in US elections.
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Instagram posts to be reviewed by Facebook fact-checkers
Wed, May 08, 2019
To curb the spread of false information, Facebook’s fact-checking exercise is now running on Instagram. According to Poynter, Instagram has started applying Facebook’s fact checks to keep false photos and memes under check on its platform. Instagram is also considering adding pop-up alerts when people search for anti-vaccine misinformation. To identify and reduce the distribution of false or misleading information or image, Instagram is using image recognition technology and automatic action to remove the false posts from explore tab and Hashtag result pages.
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Twitter to submit replies to House Panel’s unanswered questions in 10 days
Mon, Feb 25, 2019
This was informed by Anurag Thakur, chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, after a nearly three-and-a-half-hour meeting with Global Vice President of Public Policy for Twitter Colin Crowell and other officials of the micro-blogging platform.
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Facebook to give bonus to employees fighting against spread of misinformation, hate speech on its platform
Wed, Feb 06, 2019
This particular change is designed to ensure that we are incentivising people to keep making progress on the major social issues facing the internet and our company," the company said in a statement.
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WhatsApp hits the road with skits to stamp out fake news in India
Fri, Oct 12, 2018
On a hot morning in India`s tourist mecca of Jaipur, an open truck painted in the signature lime-green colours of Facebook`s WhatsApp messaging service pulls into a dusty lane, where five men spill out and begin to perform a skit.
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Facebook 'fake clone' message goes viral
Mon, Oct 08, 2018
Several Facebook users have reported their accounts were cloned after they received a duplicate friend request message asking them to forward the message to friends. The hoax message went viral on Sunday, saying the sender had received a duplicate friend request from the recipient.
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WhatsApp fake news issue: Students, others get big helping hand
Thu, Aug 16, 2018
The government also plans to leverage its network of Common Service Centres to promote such campaigns, especially in rural areas where there has been an explosion in data services with the availability of affordable smartphones and falling tariffs.
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WhatsApp COO meets government, outlines steps taken to curb fake news
Wed, Jul 25, 2018
WhatsApp said the "challenge of misinformation requires action from government, civil society, and technology companies" and that the company would engage with various stakeholders to tackle these problems.
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Big setback for WhatsApp; Centre shoots off another notice
Thu, Jul 19, 2018
The government had in the past too issued a stern warning to the company to clamp down on hoax messages designed to "provoke" and "instigate" people. "When rumours and fake news get propagated by mischief mongers, the medium used for such propagation cannot evade responsibility and accountability. If they remain mute spectators they are liable to be treated as abettors and thereafter face consequent legal action," the IT Ministry said in a statement today.
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Facebook will not remove fake news, but demote it
Mon, Jul 16, 2018
The social network is currently running an advertising campaign in Britain that declares "fake news is not our friend". But it said publishers often had "very different points of view" and removing fabricated posts would be "contrary to the basic principles of free speech", the BBC reported on Friday.
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Google-owned YouTube to invest $25mn in countering fake news
Tue, Jul 10, 2018
Google-owned video-sharing platform YouTube has announced it will invest $25 million to fight fake news -- especially for the urgent coverage of breaking news -- on its platform for over 1.8 billion monthly active users.
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Government warns WhatsApp against misuse of its platform
Wed, Jul 04, 2018
"Deep disapproval of such developments has been conveyed to the senior management of the WhatsApp and they have been advised that necessary remedial measures should be taken to prevent proliferation of these fake and at times motivated/sensational messages," the statement said.
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WhatsApp update: Awesome! How messenger app tackled this big problem
Fri, Jun 08, 2018
WhatsApp new feature is indeed useful because copying and pasting a message can only be sent to one contact at a time, while forwards can be sent to multiple contacts in one go. Therefore, mass-forwarded messages, which deliberately disseminate fake information can be easily identified.
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Big shock for Facebook, now investors gang-up, sue social network
Wed, Mar 21, 2018
Facebook reportedly fell as much as 5.2 percent to $175.41 on Monday in New York, wiping out all of the year’s gains so far. It was the biggest intraday drop since January 12. The stock dropped another 2.6 percent on Tuesday to close at $168.15, after Bloomberg reported that the company is under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission, citing a person familiar with the matter.
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