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Report: Misinformation On Facebook Poses A Major Threat To Public Health [Infographic]

A recent report from activist group Avaaz has found that health misinformation is rampant on Facebook with false or misleading items receiving an estimated...

How Can Facebook Fight Fake News? Here’s What Might Help Social Media Giant

New York: Struggling to tame the spread of misinformation on its...

Why Do WhatsApp Users End Up Spreading Misinformation In India?

WhatsApp is displayed on a smartphone in Tehatta, Nadia, West Bengal, India on June 10, 2020. (Photo ... ...

Twitter’s Powerful Move Silences 175,000 Chinese And Russian Fake News Accounts

Twitters acts to silence state-linked fake news networks Getty Propaganda networks spreading fake news narratives, predominantly...

How Hollywood Weaponizes Fake News For Cash, And The 3 Kinds Of Fake News

Fake news is in the news a lot recently, especially around hot-button political topics like Coronavirus. It’s adding to our cultural tension and preventing...

Is TikTok Escaping Scrutiny About How It’s Handling Coronovirus Misinformation?

Representatives from all of the major social media giants are gathering to meet with lawmakers in the United Kingdom tomorrow to discuss the fight...

WhatsApp witnesses massive drop in forwarded messages with new limit

New Delhi: Facebook-owned WhatsApp which earlier this month introduced a limit on frequently forwarded messages to one chat at a time has seen a...

Misinformation Spreads Faster Than Coronavirus: How A Social Organization In Turkey Is Fighting Fake News

Journalist Mehmet Atakan Foça started Teyit (“confirmation” in Turkish) in 2016 to address misinformation propagated by media organizations and social media users. We spoke...

83% Of Americans Trust Journalists For Coronavirus Info. 50% Trust Social Media

President Trump’s promised Coronavirus miracle may actually have arrived, although in slightly different form than predicted. COVID-19 seems to have boosted people’s faith in...

Fact Check: No, NASA Did Not Predict Delhi-NCR Earthquake

New Delhi: A fake message saying that the US space...

EMI moratorium: Beware! Fraudsters may siphon money from your bank account

New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently asked banks to postpone three months equated monthly installments (EMI) to loan holders to provide them...

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