Facebook Flashes Warning To 40 Million ‘Misinformation’ Posts Radhika Udas Apr 17, 2020 Every era comes with a struggle of its own and for this internet-booming era, it is misinformation. We are way past the phase of…
Himachal Pradesh develops COVID-19 combat applications in no time Abhishek Raval Apr 15, 2020 The state’s department of IT under the leadership of Rohan Chand Thakur, Director - IT, Dept of Information Technology, Govt of…
Karnataka Police launch fake news busting platform IANS Apr 10, 2020 Karnataka Police has launched a dedicated fake news busting website, the state police chief announced
Group admins on WhatsApp will change setting to curb fake news, this is what it means PTI Apr 8, 2020 Administrators of thousands of WhatsApp groups here in Madhya Pradesh have changed their group settings, prohibiting other members…
Government asks TikTok, Facebook to remove rogue content spreading misinformation PTI Apr 8, 2020 The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is learned to have asked social media platforms like Tiktok, Helo…
FB, Twitter, Google To Form An Alliance Aimed At Curbing Fake News Radhika Udas Feb 19, 2020 The menace of fake news is demanding some serious measures to be taken and social media companies are not behind. Facebook,…
Twitter On A ‘Mission To Verify’ By Labeling ‘Manipulated Media’ Radhika Udas Feb 6, 2020 In an effort to fight the menace of fake news, the microblogging platform Twitter has initiated a move to label fake news as…
Fake News Detected by AI: IIIT Hyderabad’s ‘Fake-O-Meter’ in focus Radhika Udas Jan 27, 2020 ‘It doesn’t matter if it’s real, it only matters if it is believable.’ Fake news spread by media has become a popular debate…
Facebook Bans Deepfakes: What Makes Deepfakes Dangerous? Radhika Udas Jan 9, 2020 Social media giant Facebook makes headlines again with its ban on deepfake videos on its network. The company’s new policy bans…
New AI tool can flag fake news for media outlets IANS Dec 19, 2019 Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can help social media networks and news organisations weed…