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Donald Trump Praises Wife Melania For Fight Against Deepfakes
President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised his wife Melania's efforts for legislation against deepfake and revenge pornography but couldn't resist making the moment about himself.
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Elon Musk's Twitter Takes Legal Action Against Body That Tracks Hate Speech, Fake News
Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday sued a nonprofit that fights hate speech and disinformation, accusing it of asserting false claims and encouraging advertisers to pause investment on the platform.
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Twitter Lacks Transparency In Fight Against Misinformation: Report
Twitter has shown a lack of transparency in the fight against misinformation, France's regulator in charge of digital communications Arcom said on Monday, as the social media platform faced heightened scrutiny following steep job cuts.
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WhatsApp, Twitter Show Resistance as Government’s Fight Against Fake News Targets Dissent
Twitter and WhatsApp are pushing back after being targeted as part of the government’s recent actions aimed at rooting out cybercrimes and what it calls “fake news” on social media. As part of the amended IT Rules, executives at companies that don’t comply with content removal requests could face jail time. The government sent YouTube 1,670...
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Meta, Google, Twitter Promise Tougher Action To Fight Fake News
Meta, Alphabet unit Google, Twitter and Microsoft on Thursday agreed to take a tougher line against disinformation including deep fakes and fake accounts under an updated EU code of practice or face hefty fines.
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Facebook, Social Media Companies Urged by US Groups to Act Against Election Disinformation
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social media companies should act to blunt the effect of false information in this year's US midterm congressional elections, requests rights groups. After the 2020 presidential race won by US Democratic President Joe Biden, several social media platforms backed away from designing policies to fight election dis...
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Street Plays In Kolkata Fight COVID-19 Stigma, Myths
The stigma against COVID-19 has caused patients and health workers untold trauma in Bengal and beyond. Now, a theatre group has taken to the streets - literally - to fight against it and make sense of the myths, misconceptions and fake news about the virus.
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Facebook, Twitter Step Up Fight Against Misinformation on US Elections
Social media platforms stepped up fight against misinformation on the US elections, with Facebook starting a hub to help users with poll-related resources and Twitter expanding rules against misinformation on mail-in ballots and early voting.
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Facebook, Twitter, Google Should Report Monthly On Fake News Fight: EU MPs
Facebook, Google and Twitter should provide monthly reports on their fight against disinformation, two senior EU officials said on Wednesday as they called out Russia and China for their roles in the spread of fake news.
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Facebook, Twitter, Google to Report Monthly on Fake News Fight, EU Says
The comments by EU foreign policy head Josep Borrell and the European Commission's Vice President for values and transparency Vera Jourova underscore the bloc's concerns about the prevalence of misleading news on COVID-19 and the attempts by foreign actors to influence Europe.
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Donald Trump Praises Wife Melania For Fight Against Deepfakes
President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised his wife Melania's efforts for legislation against deepfake and revenge pornography but couldn't resist making the moment about himself.
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Elon Musk's Twitter Takes Legal Action Against Body That Tracks Hate Speech, Fake News
Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday sued a nonprofit that fights hate speech and disinformation, accusing it of asserting false claims and encouraging advertisers to pause investment on the platform.
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Twitter Lacks Transparency In Fight Against Misinformation: Report
Twitter has shown a lack of transparency in the fight against misinformation, France's regulator in charge of digital communications Arcom said on Monday, as the social media platform faced heightened scrutiny following steep job cuts.
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WhatsApp, Twitter Show Resistance as Government’s Fight Against Fake News Targets Dissent
Twitter and WhatsApp are pushing back after being targeted as part of the government’s recent actions aimed at rooting out cybercrimes and what it calls “fake news” on social media. As part of the amended IT Rules, executives at companies that don’t comply with content removal requests could face jail time. The government sent YouTube 1,670...
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Meta, Google, Twitter Promise Tougher Action To Fight Fake News
Meta, Alphabet unit Google, Twitter and Microsoft on Thursday agreed to take a tougher line against disinformation including deep fakes and fake accounts under an updated EU code of practice or face hefty fines.
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Facebook, Social Media Companies Urged by US Groups to Act Against Election Disinformation
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social media companies should act to blunt the effect of false information in this year's US midterm congressional elections, requests rights groups. After the 2020 presidential race won by US Democratic President Joe Biden, several social media platforms backed away from designing policies to fight election dis...
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Street Plays In Kolkata Fight COVID-19 Stigma, Myths
The stigma against COVID-19 has caused patients and health workers untold trauma in Bengal and beyond. Now, a theatre group has taken to the streets - literally - to fight against it and make sense of the myths, misconceptions and fake news about the virus.
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Facebook, Twitter Step Up Fight Against Misinformation on US Elections
Social media platforms stepped up fight against misinformation on the US elections, with Facebook starting a hub to help users with poll-related resources and Twitter expanding rules against misinformation on mail-in ballots and early voting.
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Facebook, Twitter, Google Should Report Monthly On Fake News Fight: EU MPs
Facebook, Google and Twitter should provide monthly reports on their fight against disinformation, two senior EU officials said on Wednesday as they called out Russia and China for their roles in the spread of fake news.
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Facebook, Twitter, Google to Report Monthly on Fake News Fight, EU Says
The comments by EU foreign policy head Josep Borrell and the European Commission's Vice President for values and transparency Vera Jourova underscore the bloc's concerns about the prevalence of misleading news on COVID-19 and the attempts by foreign actors to influence Europe.
