WhatsApp seems to have been successful in adding friction to its platform: the traffic of “highly-forwarded” messages has reduced by 70% globally, ever since Facebook...
Facebook said it has started removing content linking coronavirus to 5G — provided the posts are likely to cause physical harm, The Information reported. Facebook said it...
Staff at Safdarjung Hospital and the adjoining Vardhman Mahavir Medical College were directed to submit names, mobile numbers, email addresses of all their WhatsApp...
YouTube will reduce the number of recommendations for videos that spread false claims that 5G technology is linked to coronavirus, The Guardian reported. YouTube...
Twitter has deleted 20,000 fake accounts linked to the governments of Serbia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Honduras and Indonesia, saying that they violated company policy...
Update on April 1: The Indian government’s WhatsApp chatbot which offers information about the COVID-19 situation in the country has been updated to now the...
Facebook, Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube, in a joint statement yesterday, said they are jointly combating fraud and misinformation about the COVID-19 coronavirus...
Twitter labelled an edited video of US presidential candidate Joe Biden as “manipulated media”, the Washington Post reported. The video was tweeted by Dan...