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Indian govt. bans WhatsApp groups for allegedly spreading misinformation and coordinating protests against Agnipath military reforms

Following protests that turned in violent across several parts of the country…
Facebook

Facebook agrees to review its hate speech controls after a prolific advertising boycott

Facebook has managed to piss off just about every single one of…
WhatsApp

Whatsapp records 70% drop in viral messages after limiting forwards

While governments globally struggle to fight the human side of coronavirus pandemic,…

Facebook to start alerting users who might have come in contact with fake news about coronavirus

Facebook has been making efforts to not only provide people with credible…
whatsapp

Indian government to again demand WhatsApp to trace origin of incendiary messages

The Indian Government is certainly not content with the measures Whatsapp has…
facebook

Facebook wants your inputs regarding censorship, false news, and what is acceptable on the platform

Facebook is one of the biggest human communities ever. Actually, allow me…
Facebook

Ahead of elections in France, Facebook runs full newspaper ads against fake news

France will soon witness its national elections. And apart from the parties…
facebook Signal, Facebook

Facebook weeds out over 30,000 fake user accounts, in wake of upcoming France elections

In addition to its ongoing attack against fake or misleading news stories,…
google, app maker, Google

Google expands the reach of ‘fact check’ to search results and news globally, in all languages

With the criticism amassed by social networks (specifically Facebook) and search engines…
Facebook

Facebook to educate users regarding the detection of false news through a link atop the news feed

Facebook is charging ahead to combat misinformation by spreading news literacy along…
Facebook,Zuckerberg

Facebook quietly rolls out its fake news flagging system

After being faced with immense criticism, Facebook finally seems to be taking control…
Facebook advertising, Facebook

Facebook says it is still getting started with regards to combating fake news

Last year saw a lot of fake news emerge on Facebook. While…
Facebook, applications

Facebook continues with its efforts to decrease the influx of fake news arriving to the platform

Throughout 2016, a lot of fake news gained attention on Facebook. To…
facebook, Zuckerberg

Facebook starts asking users to flag fake and misleading news

For the past month, Facebook has been caught amid the hullaballo of…
Facebook, applications

Russian propoganda campaign reportedly led to the flood of fake news on social media

Ever since Donald Trump went on to an highly unexpected US Presidential…

Zuckerberg says it’s ‘crazy’ to think that fake news on Facebook influenced the outcome of election

Ever since the surprising victory of President-elect Donald Trump, the interwebs have…