The Spreading Of Misinformation Online

'The Spreading Of Misinformation Online' - 12 News Result(s)

  • Google to Spread Misinformation Prebunking in Europe; Initiative in the Works in India
    Associated Press | Monday February 13, 2023
    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.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • New AI Voice-Cloning Tools Have Potential to Spread Misinformation on Social Media
    Associated Press | Saturday February 11, 2023
    A doctored version of the US President Joe Biden’s video has amassed hundred of thousands of views this week on social media, making it appear he gave a speech that attacks transgender people. Digital forensics experts say the video was created using a new generation of artificial intelligence tools, which allow anyone to quickly generate audio s...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Arma 3 Video Game War Footage Used to Spread Waves of Misinformation About Ukraine Conflict
    Agence France-Presse | Monday January 2, 2023
    Arma 3, a popular war-themed game is being used to spread misinformation about the Russian offensive in Ukraine. Game footage that is marked "live" or "breaking news" to make it appear genuine, has been spread online repeatedly over the past few months. Players often upload hours of Arma 3 gaming footage on platforms such as YouTube and researchers...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Government Asks YouTube to Take Down 3 Channels Spreading Fake News, Sensational Claims
    Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 21, 2022
    YouTube was asked by the government to take down three channels that were found to have spread fake news online, while making sensational claims about the government's public welfare initiatives. The fact checking unit of the Press Information Bureau had identified three channels using thumbnails and images of TV news channels and their anchors to ...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Elon Musk Boosted Surge in Misinformation, Conspiracy Theories About Attack on Paul Pelosi
    Associated Press | Tuesday November 1, 2022
    Elon Musk, now the owner of Twitter, one of the world's leading online platforms, recently boosted a surge in misinformation and conspiracy theories related to the assault on Paul Pelosi, the husband of US Speaker Nancy Pelosi. On Monday, posts falsely suggesting a personal relationship between Pelosi and the alleged assailant, soared on Twitter, a...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Facebook Accounts Removed in Philippines Ahead of Elections to Curb Misinformation: Meta
    Reuters | Thursday April 7, 2022
    Meta has removed Facebook accounts, pages, and groups in the Philippines due to concerns regarding spread of hate speech and misinformation. It also stated that advertisers would have to include 'Paid for by' disclaimers in ads related to the election.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Facebook, WhatsApp Failed But Twitter Managed To Curb Conspiracy Theories During Pandemic: Study
    Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk | Thursday October 21, 2021
    The COVID-19 pandemic brought into focus the increasing role of social media in spreading conspiracy theories. A number of recent studies on online social behaviour have pointed out the immense power of Facebook, Twitter and other platforms in giving a wide reach to unverified claims.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • AI-Based Programme GPT-3 Can Write Messages to Mislead Readers, Research Shows
    Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk | Wednesday May 26, 2021
    Researchers from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, US have demonstrated that artificial intelligence (AI) is capable of leading a misinformation campaign online — one that is far more complex to spot and control. The research showed how an algorithm called GPT-3 could generate written texts of misinformation disguised as a human to mislead...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Facebook Tells Delhi High Court It Has Fake News, Hate Speech Detection Measures in Place
    Press Trust of India | Monday July 20, 2020
    Facebook has claimed in the Delhi High court that it has installed measures to detect and prevent spread of hate speech, fake news and more inappropriate or objectionable content.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Coronavirus: Celebrities Are Helping COVID-19 Misinformation Go Dangerously Viral Online
    Aman Rashid | Monday March 30, 2020
    The COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading like wildfire around the world, so too has the misinformation and fake rumours about the disease on social media platforms.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Twitter Bots Played "Disproportionate" Role In 2016 US Polls: Report
    World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday November 21, 2018
    Automated accounts or "bots" played a "disproportionate" role in spreading misinformation online during the 2016 US presidential polls, revealed an analysis of 14 million messages and four lakh articles shared on Twitter.
    www.ndtv.com
  • An Hour-By-Hour Look at How a Conspiracy Theory Becomes 'Truth' on Facebook
    Offbeat | Caitlin Dewey, The Washington Post | Friday January 8, 2016
    Conspiracy theories, hoaxes and other variants of baloney have become so prevalent and intractable on Facebook that we no longer bother to debunk them. But a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides some insight on exactly how misinformation spreads - with big implications for the fight against it.
    www.ndtv.com

'The Spreading Of Misinformation Online' - 12 News Result(s)

  • Google to Spread Misinformation Prebunking in Europe; Initiative in the Works in India
    Associated Press | Monday February 13, 2023
    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.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • New AI Voice-Cloning Tools Have Potential to Spread Misinformation on Social Media
    Associated Press | Saturday February 11, 2023
    A doctored version of the US President Joe Biden’s video has amassed hundred of thousands of views this week on social media, making it appear he gave a speech that attacks transgender people. Digital forensics experts say the video was created using a new generation of artificial intelligence tools, which allow anyone to quickly generate audio s...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Arma 3 Video Game War Footage Used to Spread Waves of Misinformation About Ukraine Conflict
    Agence France-Presse | Monday January 2, 2023
    Arma 3, a popular war-themed game is being used to spread misinformation about the Russian offensive in Ukraine. Game footage that is marked "live" or "breaking news" to make it appear genuine, has been spread online repeatedly over the past few months. Players often upload hours of Arma 3 gaming footage on platforms such as YouTube and researchers...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Government Asks YouTube to Take Down 3 Channels Spreading Fake News, Sensational Claims
    Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 21, 2022
    YouTube was asked by the government to take down three channels that were found to have spread fake news online, while making sensational claims about the government's public welfare initiatives. The fact checking unit of the Press Information Bureau had identified three channels using thumbnails and images of TV news channels and their anchors to ...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Elon Musk Boosted Surge in Misinformation, Conspiracy Theories About Attack on Paul Pelosi
    Associated Press | Tuesday November 1, 2022
    Elon Musk, now the owner of Twitter, one of the world's leading online platforms, recently boosted a surge in misinformation and conspiracy theories related to the assault on Paul Pelosi, the husband of US Speaker Nancy Pelosi. On Monday, posts falsely suggesting a personal relationship between Pelosi and the alleged assailant, soared on Twitter, a...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Facebook Accounts Removed in Philippines Ahead of Elections to Curb Misinformation: Meta
    Reuters | Thursday April 7, 2022
    Meta has removed Facebook accounts, pages, and groups in the Philippines due to concerns regarding spread of hate speech and misinformation. It also stated that advertisers would have to include 'Paid for by' disclaimers in ads related to the election.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Facebook, WhatsApp Failed But Twitter Managed To Curb Conspiracy Theories During Pandemic: Study
    Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk | Thursday October 21, 2021
    The COVID-19 pandemic brought into focus the increasing role of social media in spreading conspiracy theories. A number of recent studies on online social behaviour have pointed out the immense power of Facebook, Twitter and other platforms in giving a wide reach to unverified claims.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • AI-Based Programme GPT-3 Can Write Messages to Mislead Readers, Research Shows
    Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk | Wednesday May 26, 2021
    Researchers from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, US have demonstrated that artificial intelligence (AI) is capable of leading a misinformation campaign online — one that is far more complex to spot and control. The research showed how an algorithm called GPT-3 could generate written texts of misinformation disguised as a human to mislead...
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Facebook Tells Delhi High Court It Has Fake News, Hate Speech Detection Measures in Place
    Press Trust of India | Monday July 20, 2020
    Facebook has claimed in the Delhi High court that it has installed measures to detect and prevent spread of hate speech, fake news and more inappropriate or objectionable content.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Coronavirus: Celebrities Are Helping COVID-19 Misinformation Go Dangerously Viral Online
    Aman Rashid | Monday March 30, 2020
    The COVID-19 pandemic has been spreading like wildfire around the world, so too has the misinformation and fake rumours about the disease on social media platforms.
    www.gadgets360.com
  • Twitter Bots Played "Disproportionate" Role In 2016 US Polls: Report
    World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday November 21, 2018
    Automated accounts or "bots" played a "disproportionate" role in spreading misinformation online during the 2016 US presidential polls, revealed an analysis of 14 million messages and four lakh articles shared on Twitter.
    www.ndtv.com
  • An Hour-By-Hour Look at How a Conspiracy Theory Becomes 'Truth' on Facebook
    Offbeat | Caitlin Dewey, The Washington Post | Friday January 8, 2016
    Conspiracy theories, hoaxes and other variants of baloney have become so prevalent and intractable on Facebook that we no longer bother to debunk them. But a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides some insight on exactly how misinformation spreads - with big implications for the fight against it.
    www.ndtv.com
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