All posts tagged "fake news"
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4.5KFutureSorry, But Your Smart Toothbrush Is Too Stupid to Be Hacked for Malware Attacks
This week, one of the biggest stories in cybersecurity was the existence of a huge botnet built out of toothbrushes, one that...
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943FutureIt Has Come to This: Court Says YouTube Can’t Be Forced to Host Anti-Vaccine Content
One of the biggest spreaders of anti-vaccine content has lost their lawsuit against YouTube this week. A well-known anti-vaxx activist, Joseph Mercola,...
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1.5KSocialYouTube Removes 70,000 Ukraine-related Videos in Unprecedented Sweep
When breaking their policies, YouTube has intervened by deleting accounts or removing videos. It seems that when it comes to Ukraine and...
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1.8KGuidesHow To Spot All The Disinformation, Propaganda and Fake News About The War In Ukraine
Fake news is not a new concept – it has been around for a while, though the ways it has been used...
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4.9KSocialTikTok Stops Russians From Posting Videos, Blames New “Fake News” Law
After Facebook was banned in Russia, another social media platform is close to shutting down as well. Tiktok announced that they will...
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4.9KMiscWikipedia’s Founder Takes On the Giants with Growing Social Media Platform WT:Social
In a move no one saw coming, earlier this month Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced a social media platform called WT:Social. That...
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1.6KMiscFacebook Might Unveil ‘News Tab’ on Friday
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has teased the launch of a new new tab feature since quite some time ago and it has...
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1.5KMiscFacebook Will Turn To Humans To Select News Stories
It’s no secret that Facebook has often relied on algorithms to take care of most of the tasks that happen within it,...
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1.7KSmart LifeA News Section by Facebook is Coming Soon
Despite the scandals over privacy issues, Facebook is thinking ahead and wants to launch a new feature in the US later this year....
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4.9KFutureHarvard AI Can Recognize AI-Generated Fake News
Believe it or not, AI algorithms are now smart enough to generate texts that are eloquent enough to fool human into believing...
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2.4KMiscInstagram Will Start Blocking ‘Verifiably False’ Information About Vaccinations
In the middle of a measles outbreak in New York City, Instagram was criticized for still allowing posts made by anti-vaccination accounts...
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2.5KSecuritySingapore Passes New Law Aimed At Stopping Fake News
On Wednesday, the Singapore parliament passed the Protection of Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Bill, after a two-day debate. The bill requires companies...
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1.8KMiscWhatsapp Limits Message Forwarding To Combat Fake News
Whatsapp has now set a limit to how many users messages can be forwarded to – five contacts at a time, to...
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1.8KMiscTwitter CEO Heading to Capitol Hill to Explain Why Social Media Silences Conservatives
[adrotate group=”12″] After months of Facebook finding itself under fire from governmental agencies and public opinion alike, it’s now Twitter’s and other...
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2.4KSecurityFacebook Begins To Rate The ‘Trustworthiness’ Of Its Users
Facebook has long relied on its users to report content that is problematic but soon enough it found itself with another problem...
