News WhatsApp rolls out Indian ads against fake news; ‘Forwarded’ label out globally Last year, Facebook ran ads in the UK with tips on how to spot fake news. That came a month after legislators in that... Aroon DeepJuly 11, 2018
News Update | User metrics won’t be affected by the malicious account purge: Twitter CFO Update (10th July 2018 4:00 pm): Twitter CFO Ned Segal has clarified that most accounts affected by its clean-up will not be included in... Diya GhoshJuly 10, 2018
News Aaj Tak part of YouTube’s trustworthy news working group; UI tweaks for news stories YouTube announced in a blog post on Monday that it will be rolling out a few changes to surface more local and trustworthy news... Aroon DeepJuly 10, 2018
News WhatsApp responds to MEITY; Full Text WhatsApp has responded to the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MEITY) regarding the series of mob lynchings across the country which resulted in the... Diya GhoshJuly 4, 2018
News Addressing WhatsApp’s Fake News problems With over 200 million users in India, WhatsApp has a massive Fake News and misinformation problem. The platform is now rife with all kinds... Nikhil PahwaJuly 3, 2018
News Google will train Indian journalists in fact-checking and fake news detection Google has partnered with three firms to train Indian journalists to fact-check news, the company announced in a blog post. The three companies are... Aroon DeepJune 20, 2018
News IIT Delhi study shows how fake news could be fought A new study conducted by IIT Delhi suggests that it may be effective to combat the phenomenon of fake news by building decentralized models... Trisha JalanJune 4, 2018
News Facebook starts fact-checking fake news in India, partners with BOOM Facebook has announced a partnership with Mumbai-based fact-checking website BOOM, to help the social network tackle the spread of fake news on its platform.... Siladitya RayApril 18, 2018
News Two-thirds of links shared on Twitter come from bots: Pew Research Center An estimated two-thirds of tweets linking to stories from some of the most popular websites don’t come from humans, but from bots, a Pew... Siladitya RayApril 10, 2018
News Facebook will label political ads, verify users who want to run them Amid ongoing backlash against Facebook for the use of its platform for fake news, meddling in election, and for unauthorised access to users’ data,... Aakriti ShrivastavaApril 9, 2018