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Ukrainian radio operator TAVR Media on Thursday became the latest victim of a cyberattack, resulting in the broadcast of a fake message that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was seriously ill. “Cybercriminals spread information that the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, is allegedly in intensive care, and his duties are performed by the Chairman of the Verkhovna […]
Whether or not it’s directly responsible, the Cambridge Analytica scandal has motivated (forced) Facebook to up its privacy game. Ever since the news came out, Facebook has been busy revamping its services and adding new controls that supposedly enhance our privacy. As part of the damage repair process, the company also announced its App Developer […]
Facebook has become a breeding ground for spreading fake news. The company’s efforts have not amounted to anything significant when it comes to curbing fake news on the platform. However, a Bloomberg report suggests that the company cares deeply about fake news related to Facebook and has dedicated tools to fight it. During the 2016 […]
The trio of Facebook-owned services – Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp – suffered an outage, with many users complaining that they couldn’t upload or download photos in their feeds and stories. The social media platforms were revived after some time as Facebook confirmed that the outage was due to maintenance operations. Owing to the hours-long outage, […]
Alex Jones is now offering $1 million to catch attacker who behind the malware attack. Alex Jones, the founder of InfoWars, and his lawyer Norm Pattis claimed on Friday that someone sent malware on InfoWars servers and which ended up planting child pornography content on the servers. To catch and convict the real culprit, Jones […]
Apparently, Russia has carried out several activities attributed to continuous disinformation, with the purpose of suppressing voter turnout in voting sessions, in addition to influencing their preferences. A document, released by the European Union (EU), says that Russia is using social media in an attempt to influence its elections. They have stated that the country is […]
People in power, most often Politicians, have adopted a policy of labeling any news as fake news if it doesn’t support their narrative. This myopic approach might bring them political gains, but, like wildfire, fake news can even hurt its original propagator. And herein lies the problem — most of us have no idea how to […]
Election season in India is difficult, especially for social media platforms. Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp have been associated with instances of deadly fake news resulting in real-world violence. Recently, these platforms have begun a crackdown on violence-inciting fake news. Facebook, with around 300 million users in India, went one step further to physically verify the identity […]
A few days back, WhatsApp launched a tip line in India to tackle the spread of fake news and misinformation in the country during election season. But as it turns out, the hotline is not exactly a portal to debunk fake news. Instead, it is a data collection tool to help WhatsApp gather misleading information shared […]
Continuing its fight against fake news, WhatsApp has now launched a tip line in India prior to the General Election in the country. The Checkpoint Tip Line, launched in collaboration with Indian start-up Proto, Dig Deeper Media, and Meedan, allows users to report any fake or derogatory pieces of information on WhatsApp by texting on the WhatsApp number +91-9643000888. […]
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing” — these immortal words of Irish philosopher Edmund Burke have been the utmost truth about our society since he first uttered them about 200 years ago. The recent prevalence of fake news on social media being spread not just by regular […]
WhatsApp is all geared up to fight fake news, as evident from all the steps it is taking, especially in India. Adding to all its efforts, the messaging app will soon get hold of new features to further its aim. According to a report by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is soon to introduce an update for Android […]
WhatsApp has been looking for ways to battle out fake news in India, and one such step is its collaboration with NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Services Companies). Now, both WhatsApp and NASSCOM will host their first training workshop in India on March 27. The workshop will include around 100,000 people both from urban and rural areas […]
Popular video-streaming platform YouTube will now start adding information panels to videos in the search section to battle fake and hoax news. The infoboxes, available both in English and Hindi, will let users know whether or not the video he or she is searching for is reliable. To identify and label videos (mostly sensitive and controversial topics), YouTube will take help from […]
It seems like WhatsApp’s battle against fake news is getting stronger day by day! Taking forward its pledge to combat the spread of fake news in India, WhatsApp recently held a press conference in New Delhi before elections in the country. The popular messaging platform throws light at how it uses machine learning to identify […]
On the occasion of Safer Internet Day, Microsoft released its third Digital Civility Index, revealing that users in India are more likely to come across fake news as compared to other 22 countries in the world. Indian users’ encounter with fake news accounts for 64% which is 7% higher than the 57% consumption globally. Additionally, […]
With the upcoming elections, Indian officials want to ensure that social media platforms do not meddle with the results. As a precautionary step, Twitter India has been summoned by a parliamentary committee to discuss the topic of “Safeguarding citizens” rights. The social media platform has been called upon by an Information Technology committee. Anurag Thakur, the […]
The famous fact-checking organization, Snopes has announced the end of its partnership with Facebook where it undertook the job of curbing misinformation and fake news on the platform. Facebook has ramped up its effort since the 2016 US presidential election where Russia’s social media influence came into focus — to stop the spreading of false information on […]
Popular messaging app WhatsApp has been implementing ways to cut down the flow of fake news, mainly in India. Now, furthering this, the app has added a new limit for forwarding messages. According to a report by Reuters, users will be able to forward messages on WhatsApp to up to five users only. Victoria Grand, […]
Handling the circulation of fake news is one of the hottest issues that companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter are dealing with these days. However, Google has failed to patch a security bug that was uncovered long ago and could make it the mouthpiece of fake news and misinformation. The bug could be exploited by […]
With fake news becoming a worrying topic after speculations that it influenced US Presidential elections, a study reveals that older people are more likely to share fake news. A research conducted by Science Advances analyzed user behavior during the election campaign by monitoring the articles they share on Facebook. 3,500 random people were chosen including Facebook […]