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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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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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Fake Twitter Accounts Found Spreading Chinese Propaganda: Report
US-based intelligence company Nisos says it uncovered more than 600 fake Twitter accounts spreading a positive narrative of China's far-western Xinjiang region, as Beijing was being accused of human rights abuses and locking up hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities there.
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Twitter Labels Video of Biden Shared by Trump 'Manipulated Media'
A video altered to make it appear as though Democratic president candidate Joe Biden played a song disparaging the police was viewed more than 4.5 million times on Twitter by Wednesday afternoon, its spread fueled by President Donald Trump, who tweeted it — twice.
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Amitabh Bachchan Gets Trolled for Sharing Fake News on Twitter, Again
Amitabh Bachchan was once again criticised for sharing fake news on social media by retweeting a post on Twitter that falsely showed an illuminated India in the world map on Sunday.
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Elections 2019: Twitter Makes Reporting Voter-Tricking Tweets Easier
Twitter on Wednesday began making it easier to report tweets aimed at interfering with people voting, starting first in Europe and India.
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Google, Facebook, Twitter Promise Tougher Action to Fight Fake News in India
Representatives of Google, Facebook, and Twitter on Monday outlined the actions they were taking to fight misinformation on their platforms.
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90% of 'Active' Twitter Users Spread Falsehoods During Disasters: Study
Even after the false news had been debunked on Twitter and traditional news media outlets, the study found that less than 10 percent of the users who spread the false news deleted their erroneous retweet.
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Twitter Boosts News Ambitions With New Feature Grouping Tweets Sharing the Same Link
Twitter has now rolled out a new feature to highlight different takes on news shared by your network on your Home timeline.
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Twitter Sets Crackdown on Automated 'Bot' Accounts
Twitter said the move was intended to rid the service of spam-spewing automated accounts, and not aimed at people using the service according to the rules.
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Twitter to Soon Live Stream News in an Effort to Curb Misinformation
In a bid to stop the spread of fake news, Twitter will soon live stream news, in a window next to the users' timelines, whenever a major incident takes place.
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Facebook, Twitter Manipulated by Governments to Shape Opinion, Study Claims
Researchers found 29 countries using social media to shape opinion domestically or with foreign audiences.
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Twitter Said to Be Looking for Ways to Let Users Flag Fake News
Twitter is exploring adding a feature that would let users flag tweets that contain misleading, false, or harmful information, according to twop eople familiar with the matter.
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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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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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Fake Twitter Accounts Found Spreading Chinese Propaganda: Report
US-based intelligence company Nisos says it uncovered more than 600 fake Twitter accounts spreading a positive narrative of China's far-western Xinjiang region, as Beijing was being accused of human rights abuses and locking up hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities there.
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Twitter Labels Video of Biden Shared by Trump 'Manipulated Media'
A video altered to make it appear as though Democratic president candidate Joe Biden played a song disparaging the police was viewed more than 4.5 million times on Twitter by Wednesday afternoon, its spread fueled by President Donald Trump, who tweeted it — twice.
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Amitabh Bachchan Gets Trolled for Sharing Fake News on Twitter, Again
Amitabh Bachchan was once again criticised for sharing fake news on social media by retweeting a post on Twitter that falsely showed an illuminated India in the world map on Sunday.
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Elections 2019: Twitter Makes Reporting Voter-Tricking Tweets Easier
Twitter on Wednesday began making it easier to report tweets aimed at interfering with people voting, starting first in Europe and India.
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Google, Facebook, Twitter Promise Tougher Action to Fight Fake News in India
Representatives of Google, Facebook, and Twitter on Monday outlined the actions they were taking to fight misinformation on their platforms.
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90% of 'Active' Twitter Users Spread Falsehoods During Disasters: Study
Even after the false news had been debunked on Twitter and traditional news media outlets, the study found that less than 10 percent of the users who spread the false news deleted their erroneous retweet.
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Twitter Boosts News Ambitions With New Feature Grouping Tweets Sharing the Same Link
Twitter has now rolled out a new feature to highlight different takes on news shared by your network on your Home timeline.
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Twitter Sets Crackdown on Automated 'Bot' Accounts
Twitter said the move was intended to rid the service of spam-spewing automated accounts, and not aimed at people using the service according to the rules.
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Twitter to Soon Live Stream News in an Effort to Curb Misinformation
In a bid to stop the spread of fake news, Twitter will soon live stream news, in a window next to the users' timelines, whenever a major incident takes place.
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Facebook, Twitter Manipulated by Governments to Shape Opinion, Study Claims
Researchers found 29 countries using social media to shape opinion domestically or with foreign audiences.
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Twitter Said to Be Looking for Ways to Let Users Flag Fake News
Twitter is exploring adding a feature that would let users flag tweets that contain misleading, false, or harmful information, according to twop eople familiar with the matter.
