Collaborate Disseminate
A Facebook hoax from 2011 is doing the rounds again. Don’t fall for it, do something useful instead. Continue reading Hoax! Nope, hackers aren’t posting invisible sexual videos on your wall
The leaks point to a plot, a Calif. court said, ordering pikini app maker Six4Three to hand over its lawyers’ chats with the ICO. Continue reading Court: Embarrassing leaks of internal Facebook emails are fishy
Facebook is going to reduce the rank of pages and groups that spread misinformation about vaccines.
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The US blocked internet access to Russian trolls who, they say, were trying to spread FUD. Continue reading US pushed Russian troll factory offline during US midterm elections
Facebook considers itself to be “ahead of and beyond the law,” UK lawmakers said in a report about “disinformation and ‘fake news.'” Continue reading Facebook acts like a law-breaking ‘digital gangster’, says official report
OpenAI has created what amounts to a text version of a deepfake – and it’s too scared for humanity to release the full version. Continue reading Fake text generator is so good its creators don’t want to release full version
Hanging up on the fact-checkers probably isn’t the best way for a news outlet to assure them that it’s trustworthy. Continue reading “Proceed with caution”: Microsoft browser says Mail Online is untrustworthy
Microsoft Edge now integrates NewsGuard so you can avoid fake news on the web.
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WhatsApp has capped the number of people you can forward messages to, after India was seized by rumour-inspired mob lynchings. Continue reading WhatsApp fights the spread of deadly fake news with recipient limit
Facebook’s relying on demotion instead of removal, so users will still be able to share content, even if Full Fact rates it inaccurate. Continue reading Facebook to start fact-checking fake news in the UK