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FAKE NEWS - Google releases FACT-CHECKING instructions; Check veracity of news by doing this
Fri, Apr 02, 2021
To mark the International Fact-Checking Day, Google on Friday released a list of instructions and tips that could help you check the veracity of the content. By following the instructions, you could check if a piece of particular news or information is correct or fake. The search-engine giant has released some features to discover fake information online.
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Tech Talks EP 17: How to identify fake news | Google Tools and more | ZeeBiz Tech | Zee Business
Wed, Jun 10, 2020
The increasing popularity of social media platforms has made it extremely difficult to contain fake news. Misinformation is spread over WhatsApp, Facebook, and other platforms, despite various checks by these platforms. In the latest episode of Tech Talks, we discuss how to identify fake news, trace it, and stop its spread.
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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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