TikTok ‘Sounds’ Used to Spread COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation: Think Tank
A TikTok feature that allows users to add another person's audio to their videos is being used to promote misleading and harmful content about COVID-19…
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TikTok Sounds used to spread COVID vaccine misinformation: Report
A TikTok feature that allows users to add another person's audio to their videos is being used to promote misleading and harmful content about COVID-19…
Twitter is overhauling tags, will start testing the redesigns with some users in the US- Technology…
The Associated PressJul 02, 2021 11:29:10 ISTLast May, as Twitter was testing warning labels for false and misleading tweets, it tried out the word…
What are India’s intermediary protection rules?
The back and forth between Twitter and the Indian government has put intermediary protection laws in the limelight again with its share of fake news…
To Fight Online Misinformation, Criminalize Voter Suppression
This week, Senator Joe Manchin announced that he won’t support HR 1, the sweeping election reform legislation that passed the House and has been languishing…
Spotting hoaxes: How young people use cues to spot misinformation online
by Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam, Dani Madrid-Morales, Dr. Emeka Umejei, Etse Sikanku, Gregory Gondwe, Herman Wasserman,…
How Facebook got addicted to spreading misinformation
Joaquin Quiñonero Candela, director of Applied Machine Learning, Facebook; image credit: acm.orgSynopsisFacebook’s algorithms weren’t created to filter out…