Tag: fake news

Twitter bots propagating fake news, far-right propaganda and unsubstantiated conspiracy theories may have swayed millions voters in the UK and the US, a new study...

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting recently attempted to curb the flow of fake news by proposing new directives for journalists. This garnered widespread backlash...

No matter how many steps Facebook takes to counter fake news and propaganda in posts, there's always bound to be some gaps in the...

Intent on curbing the spread of fake news in India, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting recently released updated guidelines which sought to suspend...

YouTube might be entrusting Wikipedia for letting adults discern between reliable and dodgy sources of news but, it plans to help kids understand the...

Fake news is a huge problem in the digital age we live and breathe, but the mass inclination towards digital content has also taken...

While Facebook has suspended Cambridge Analytica, the company which ran the Donald Trump presidential campaign, for breach of trust and violation of privacy policies, the trouble...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently shared his desire of cutting down on the amount of the news sources by one-fifth. He backed this step...

Videos engage more internet users and clearly make more impact on them. This is why YouTube is in a grave situation when it comes...

Facebook clearly doesn't have as many admirers as it does a few years ago. Being the largest social network has its vast share of...

Twitter already has a bad reputation when it comes to the credibility of news on its platform and while it has repeatedly sought help...

After Twitter, Facebook, Google and other internet bigwigs, it's the turn of the 'Front Page of the Internet' to do something about the fake...

The effect of social media on our lives is a debatable topic. Various studies have shown that isn't very good for mental well-being. And...

What started as some people being silly on the internet has now turned into an entire industry of people spreading misinformation, changing courses of...

While the expression 'Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse' has long been used on the internet to refer to criminals like drug dealers, money launderers,...

Due to a recent investigation by The Daily Caller News Foundation (TheDCNF) which discovered major flaws in Google's fact-checking feature for Search and News,...

Facebook, in 2018, wants to move towards becoming a more user-dependent platform, rather becoming brand-reliant. It recently announced its plans of putting a revamped...

Machine learning is consistently evolving - after all, that's the inherent property in this technology. And thanks a score of studies around the world,...

Last year left many scars on the psyche of active social media junkies. From 3,000 penises being seized by the FBI to old women...

Facebook had a crazy 2017 fending off fake news from its platform and despite its steadfast efforts, hoax stories gained more engagement than last...