Misinformation
- India
Viral video of seat-tearing man proved communal misinformation
A video post surfaced online and pushed through Hindutva handles showing a man tearing down the seats of a scooter parked in public, proved to be false. The video captions going around…
- India
Indian polls most vulnerable to misinformation: WEF report
In 2024, nearly three billion people worldwide, including those in major economies like the United States, India, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Indonesia, are set to participate in electoral processes. However, the…
- World
Elon Musk’s X can’t avoid content moderation law: US judge
San Francisco: A judge in the US has ruled that Elon Musk-run X cannot avoid a California law that asks social media platforms to disclose their plans for moderating harmful content and…
- Opinions
Regulate media consumption when propaganda becomes profitable
By Sarfaraz Nasir Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, once famously defined democracy as ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people’. He said this a couple…
- Technology
Israel-Hamas war: Verified users responsible for 74 per cent of misinformation on X
New York: Verified users with Blue badges are the ones spreading the vast majority of misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war on X (formerly Twitter), a new study has claimed. During the first…
- India
YouTube deletes pro-Hindutva channel for ‘violating guidelines’
Amid the rising Hindutva hate campaigns against minorities, especially Muslims, on social media platforms, YouTube on Wednesday permanently deleted a channel named ‘String’, citing violation of community guidelines multiple times. The videos…
- Andhra Pradesh
TDP launches website to counter AP govt ‘misinformation’ on skills development case
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has unveiled a new website, apskilldevelopmenttruth.com, aimed at providing “accurate information” about the Skill Development Corporation projects. The Skills Development Corporation assumes significance as TDP supremo and…
- Business
YouTube begins verifying health workers in UK to curb misinformation
London: Google-owned YouTube on Friday said it has launched a verification system for healthcare workers in the UK in a bid to curb the spread of misinformation and fake medical news on…
- Technology
YouTube to remove videos promoting cancer misinformation
New Delhi: Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday said it will remove content that promotes “cancer treatments proven to be harmful or ineffective” or which “discourages viewers from seeking professional medical treatment”. The company…
- Technology
Social media trust or distrust buttons may help curb spread of fake news
London: The addition of ‘trust’ and ‘distrust’ buttons on social media, alongside standard ‘like’ buttons, could help to reduce the spread of misinformation, finds a new experimental study. Incentivising accuracy cut in…
- Hyderabad
Misinformation threatens democracies, says US government official David Moyer
Hyderabad: “It was imperative for Citizens to be aware of the misinformation ecosystem and counter it through truthful information. Misinformation threatens democracies across the world, as there is a divergence of opinion and no shared understanding…
- Technology
Meta lays off most staffer dedicated to combating misinformation
New Delhi: Meta has almost wiped out its team dedicated to combating misinformation, as part of the latest round of mass layoffs that began earlier this week. According to ‘Command Line’ by…
- Technology
Google, YouTube to invest $13.2 mn to help fight misinformation
New Delhi: In a bid to further fight misinformation, Google and YouTube have announced a $13.2 million grant to the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the nonprofit Poynter Institute to launch a…
- India
UP: Madhu Kishwar, 4 others booked for spreading misinformation
Hindu supremacist Madhu Kishwar and four others were reportedly booked on Sunday by the Saharanpur police for spreading misinformation in a sensitive case dating back to 2017. The activists and others have…
- Technology
Misinformation on private 5G networks not beneficial for digital India: BIF
New Delhi: The debate over public and captive private 5G network heated up on Thursday as Broadband India Forum (BIF) sent a letter to Telecommunications Secretary K. Rajaraman, saying it is disappointing…
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