COVID MISINFORMATION
Meta ordered to pay New Mexico $25 billion after jury finds it deceived Facebook users about privacy
Jurors in September found Meta liable for over 43 million violations of New Mexico consumer protection laws when a political consulting firm, Cambridge Analytica, harvested Facebook user data to generate targeted political ads for the 2016 election.
Social media fatigue can make you believe, share misinformation: study
According to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports study found that narcissistic individuals experiencing social media fatigue are more likely to share misinformation
Facebook failed to control Covid misinformation due to its design, reveals study
The Covid-19 vaccine misinformation policies of Facebook, the world's largest social media platform, were not effective in combating misinformation and its overall design is more to blame for this rather than just algorithms, a new study has revealed.
Meta rolls back measures to tackle Covid misinformation
Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter came under immense pressure to tackle misinformation related to the pandemic, including false claims about vaccines, prompting them to take stringent measures.
- Go To Page 1
YouTube looks to bust misinformation surrounding health topics
The features will be available in both English and Hindi and will provide context cues aimed at helping people more easily access videos from verified health sources.
Spotify says it will add content advisory to podcasts that discuss Covid
"This new effort to combat misinformation will roll out to countries around the world in the coming days," CEO Daniel Ek said. "To our knowledge, this content advisory is the first of its kind by a major podcast platform."
'Needle and the damage done': The Spotify-Neil Young controversy explained
Spotify which decided to take off Young’s catalogue from its platform, has since come under intense criticism for supporting Rogan, who hosts one of its most commercially popular podcasts.
Meta, Google grilled over misinformation and cyberbullying, Twitter next
Meta representatives also appeared before the committee and were grilled about the death and rape threats directed towards Australian presenter Erin Molan and her young daughter on Facebook.
YouTube shuts German channels of Russian broadcaster RT
YouTube said RT's German branch had received a "strike" for uploading material that violated YouTube's standards on Covid-19 misinformation, and as a consequence was suspended from uploading new videos to its channel.
Indian-led team develops online search system to limit COVID-19 misinformation
"With so much new information coming out all the time, it can be challenging for people to know what is true and what is not," said Ronak Pradeep, a PhD student in the Cheriton School of Computer Science at Waterloo and lead author of a study.
Logically and NewsMobile launch pan-Indian media literacy programme to tackle Covid-19 misinformation
The misinformation tackling programme called Covishaala, aims to educate and inform people across India on the facts about Covid-19 and Covid-19 vaccinations in an effort to reduce vaccine hesitancy and limit the spread of the disease.
Fake news around coronavirus vaccine on the wane, but still a concern
While US President Joe Biden hit out at Facebook and other social media platforms last month, alleging they were killing people through misinformation around the Covid-19 and vaccines, fact checkers in India said misinformation linked to the pandemic has come down with the drop
Misinformation linked to Covid-19 vaccines still a concern in India
Misinformation linked to the pandemic has come down with the drop in cases., but posts and content linked to Covid-19 vaccines and vaccine hesitancy are still a cause of concern, fact checkers say.
'Too little, too late': Social media has a Covid vaccine misinformation problem. Here's what experts suggest
A serious threat in online settings is that fake news spreads faster than verified and validated news from credible sources.
Facebook is 'killing people' with Covid-19 misinformation: Biden
US President Joe Biden has hit out at Facebook again, saying that such social media platforms are allowing Covid vaccine misinformation to spread and are "killing people".
Experts reiterate no COVID transmission from animals to humans, urges people not to abandon pets
There has been a rumour of transmission of COVID from animals to humans since the beginning of the pandemic. Many activists and pet welfare animal organisations raised concern over people leaving their pets on the streets due to fear of COVID transmission.
Facebook to roll out new campaign in India to fight Covid-related misinformation
The social networking giant has removed over 12 million pieces of "harmful" misinformation on Covid-19 globally from Instagram and its own platform during the pandemic, including falsehoods about approved vaccines
Government asks platforms to curb Covid-19 misinformation
The government on Friday sent an advisory to platforms — such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and Instagram — to “initiate awareness campaigns” among users to not circulate “any false news or misinformation" that is likely to create “panic among the public and disturb the public order.”
Twitter will use 'strike system' to remove habitual violators spreading Covid vaccine fake news
Two strikes will lead to an account being locked for 12 hours.
2020 was most volatile, chaotic for misinformation in India, says Facebook fact checker
Fact Crescendo is among eight fact-checkers that Facebook has engaged in India, making it the country with the second most number of third-party fact checkers globally after the United States.
Google launches $3 mn fund to fight misinformation around Covid vaccine
The fund will accept projects looking to expand the audience of fact-checks.
No vaccine yet for fake news epidemic
Fact checkers for Facebook and other social media platforms said the volume of fake news is rising following global Covid-19 vaccine trial announcements and new travel curbs in the country, amid a continuing surge in infections.
YouTube to fight Covid-19 vaccine conspiracy theories, will add links to 'authoritative' info
Misinformation about the new coronavirus vaccines has proliferated on social media.
Scientists seek government help to stop misinformation about Covid vaccines
Termed as “anti-vaxxers,” these groupings are snagging an increasing number of followers across platforms like Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, despite the policing of misinformation related to Covid-19 by these sites.
Facebook, Twitter pull Donald Trump posts over coronavirus misinformation
The post contained a video clip, from an interview with Fox & Friends earlier in the day, in which Trump claimed that children are "almost immune" to COVID-19.
India, with 12 nations, leads initiative at UN to counter misinformation on COVID-19
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that apart from fighting the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the world is also seeing a "dangerous outbreak" of misinformation about harmful health advice, hate speech and wild conspiracy theories and antidote to this pandemic of misinformation is fact-based news and analysis.
TikTok launches new campaign to curb Covid fake news, ropes in Virat Kohli, Sara Ali Khan & Ayushmann Khurrana
#MatKarForward will help to raise awareness about sharing of misinformation.
Load More
