Going viral: Twitter and Facebook failing to contain Covid-19 misinformation
Vladimir Putin has released hundreds of lions and tigers on to the streets of Russia to enforce self-isolation. Hollywood celebrities…
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NHS enlists help of social media platforms to tackle coronavirus ‘fake news’
Twitter is suspending accounts sharing false coronavirus news at the behest of the NHS, which has put the onus on…
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Ex-Culture Committee chairman slams Facebook regulation proposals as ‘too little too late’
Former Culture Committee chairman Damian Collins MP has slammed Facebook’s proposals for online content regulation as “too little, too late”.…
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Mark Zuckerberg shows support for online regulation even if it hurts Facebook in near term
Facebook has said it wants to work with governments on “new rules for the internet” as the social network published…
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Twitter and Google grow profits as Facebook slumps amid ‘fake news’ and privacy concerns
Twitter has reported a rise in profits in 2019 while rival social network Facebook faced a rare fall in profits…
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Facebook ‘fake news’ as bad now as during Brexit referendum, ex-Cambridge Analytica employee claims
The amount of fake news on Facebook is no better now than it was during the EU Referendum, a former…
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Facebook cracks down on ‘deepfake’ videos ahead of US presidential election
Facebook is cracking down on so-called “deepfake” videos in the lead-up to the 2020 US presidential election, though humour will…
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Reuters launches free online course backed by Facebook to help journalists spot ‘deepfakes’
Reuters has launched a free online course to help journalists spot so-called “deepfakes” and other manipulated videos, images and audio…
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