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Mayoral Candidate, 3 Others Shot Dead During Campaign Rally In Mexico
A mayoral candidate and three of her supporters were shot dead at a campaign event in Mexico on Sunday.
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As Meta Rolls Back Restrictions, Campaigners Fear Spike In Hate Speech
Meta on Tuesday announced that it was ending its third-party fact-checking program in the US and adopting a crowd-sourced model to police misinformation.
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CPI(M) Facebook Page Hacked, Kerala Opposition Candidate's Video Posted
With crucial bypolls in Kerala, the ruling CPI(M) faced embarrassment on Sunday after its official Facebook page briefly featured a campaign video of opposition UDF candidate Rahul Mamkootathil, running for the Palakkad Assembly constituency.
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Kerala Police Probe Online Campaign Against Chief Minister's Call For Aid
The Kerala police have launched an investigation into an alleged social media campaign against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's Facebook post requesting help for the people affected by the landslides in Wayanad district.
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Book Excerpt | How Online Campaigns Shape Voting Patterns In India
The Singh-Srivastava Vote Predictor measures the engagement that politicians and political parties receive on Twitter and correlates this online engagement with a predictive vote share offline.
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Meta to Seek User Consent for Targeted Ads on Facebook, Instagram in the EU
Meta intends to ask users in the European Union for their consent before allowing businesses to target advertising based on what they view on its services such as Facebook and Instagram, the social media giant said on Tuesday.
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Meta Explores Ban On Political Ads In Europe: Report
Meta Platforms Inc executives are discussing a company-wide ban on political advertising in Europe due to concerns that Facebook and Instagram will be unable to comply with upcoming EU regulations targeting online campaigns, a report said.
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Google to Spread Misinformation Prebunking in Europe; Initiative in the Works in India
Google, after seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, will initiate a new campaign in Germany to make people more resilient to the corrosive effects of online misinformation. The tech giant plans to release a series of short videos highlighting the techniques common to many misleading claims.
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Meta Said to Settle Cambridge Analytica Scandal Case for $725 Million
Facebook owner Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users' personal information. The proposed settlement, which was disclosed in a court filing late on Thursday, would resolve a long-running lawsuit prompted by revela...
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Donald Trump Eyes 2024 White House Return, Doubles Down On Vote Conspiracy
Kicked off Twitter and Facebook after his supporters overran the US Capitol, Donald Trump eventually set up his own platform Truth Social, declaring in April 2022 after a stumbling launch: "I'm Back! #COVFEFE."
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Facebook Parent Meta Ordered to Pay $10.5 Million Legal Fees to Washington State
Facebook parent company Meta has been ordered to pay $10.5 million (nearly Rs. 86 crore) in legal fees to Washington state atop a nearly $25 million (nearly Rs. 200 crore) fine for repeated and intentional violations of campaign finance disclosure laws. King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North issued the legal-fee order Friday, two days afte...
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Facebook Must Pay Compensation to Rohingyas Over Online Hate Speech Campaign, Amnesty International Says
Facebook must pay compensation to Rohinygas over hate speech that exacerbated violence against the community when they were forced from their homes in Myanmar in 2017, Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday. The NGO said that Facebook, wasn't merely a passive site with insufficient content moderation, and that its algorithms “proacti...
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Facebook Must Pay Rohingya Compensation For Online Hate Campaign: Report
Facebook should pay reparations to the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya forced from their homes in Myanmar in a campaign exacerbated by rampant online hate speech, Amnesty International said in a report Thursday.
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US Reviews Psychological Warfare Operations After Reports of Fake Accounts Promoting Pro-West Disinformation
The US Department of Defense is reviewing its psychological warfare operations following reports of Twitter and Facebook removing nearly 150 US and Britain-origin accounts in July and August engaging in "inauthentic behavior." The accounts came from a series of campaigns over five years rather than one single effort, according to a report by Graphi...
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Google to Pay Politician $515,000 Over Defamatory YouTube Videos, Says Australian Court
An Australian court on Monday ordered Google to pay a former lawmaker A$715,000 ($515,000), saying its failure to take down a YouTuber's "relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory campaign" of videos drove him out of politics.
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Mayoral Candidate, 3 Others Shot Dead During Campaign Rally In Mexico
A mayoral candidate and three of her supporters were shot dead at a campaign event in Mexico on Sunday.
-
As Meta Rolls Back Restrictions, Campaigners Fear Spike In Hate Speech
Meta on Tuesday announced that it was ending its third-party fact-checking program in the US and adopting a crowd-sourced model to police misinformation.
-
CPI(M) Facebook Page Hacked, Kerala Opposition Candidate's Video Posted
With crucial bypolls in Kerala, the ruling CPI(M) faced embarrassment on Sunday after its official Facebook page briefly featured a campaign video of opposition UDF candidate Rahul Mamkootathil, running for the Palakkad Assembly constituency.
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Kerala Police Probe Online Campaign Against Chief Minister's Call For Aid
The Kerala police have launched an investigation into an alleged social media campaign against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's Facebook post requesting help for the people affected by the landslides in Wayanad district.
-
Book Excerpt | How Online Campaigns Shape Voting Patterns In India
The Singh-Srivastava Vote Predictor measures the engagement that politicians and political parties receive on Twitter and correlates this online engagement with a predictive vote share offline.
-
Meta to Seek User Consent for Targeted Ads on Facebook, Instagram in the EU
Meta intends to ask users in the European Union for their consent before allowing businesses to target advertising based on what they view on its services such as Facebook and Instagram, the social media giant said on Tuesday.
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Meta Explores Ban On Political Ads In Europe: Report
Meta Platforms Inc executives are discussing a company-wide ban on political advertising in Europe due to concerns that Facebook and Instagram will be unable to comply with upcoming EU regulations targeting online campaigns, a report said.
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Google to Spread Misinformation Prebunking in Europe; Initiative in the Works in India
Google, after seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, will initiate a new campaign in Germany to make people more resilient to the corrosive effects of online misinformation. The tech giant plans to release a series of short videos highlighting the techniques common to many misleading claims.
-
Meta Said to Settle Cambridge Analytica Scandal Case for $725 Million
Facebook owner Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users' personal information. The proposed settlement, which was disclosed in a court filing late on Thursday, would resolve a long-running lawsuit prompted by revela...
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Donald Trump Eyes 2024 White House Return, Doubles Down On Vote Conspiracy
Kicked off Twitter and Facebook after his supporters overran the US Capitol, Donald Trump eventually set up his own platform Truth Social, declaring in April 2022 after a stumbling launch: "I'm Back! #COVFEFE."
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Facebook Parent Meta Ordered to Pay $10.5 Million Legal Fees to Washington State
Facebook parent company Meta has been ordered to pay $10.5 million (nearly Rs. 86 crore) in legal fees to Washington state atop a nearly $25 million (nearly Rs. 200 crore) fine for repeated and intentional violations of campaign finance disclosure laws. King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North issued the legal-fee order Friday, two days afte...
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Facebook Must Pay Compensation to Rohingyas Over Online Hate Speech Campaign, Amnesty International Says
Facebook must pay compensation to Rohinygas over hate speech that exacerbated violence against the community when they were forced from their homes in Myanmar in 2017, Amnesty International said in a report on Wednesday. The NGO said that Facebook, wasn't merely a passive site with insufficient content moderation, and that its algorithms “proacti...
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Facebook Must Pay Rohingya Compensation For Online Hate Campaign: Report
Facebook should pay reparations to the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya forced from their homes in Myanmar in a campaign exacerbated by rampant online hate speech, Amnesty International said in a report Thursday.
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US Reviews Psychological Warfare Operations After Reports of Fake Accounts Promoting Pro-West Disinformation
The US Department of Defense is reviewing its psychological warfare operations following reports of Twitter and Facebook removing nearly 150 US and Britain-origin accounts in July and August engaging in "inauthentic behavior." The accounts came from a series of campaigns over five years rather than one single effort, according to a report by Graphi...
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Google to Pay Politician $515,000 Over Defamatory YouTube Videos, Says Australian Court
An Australian court on Monday ordered Google to pay a former lawmaker A$715,000 ($515,000), saying its failure to take down a YouTuber's "relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive and defamatory campaign" of videos drove him out of politics.
