All posts tagged "misinformation"
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Facebook
/ 3 years agoA bug in Facebook’s system led to a surge of misinformation
It took engineers six months to find a fix for the bug.
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How-To
/ 3 years ago7 ways to avoid becoming a misinformation superspreader
The problem of misinformation isn’t going away, but there are things you can do to help yourself separate fact from fiction.
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Google
/ 3 years agoYouTube has removed a staggering 1 million videos over ‘dangerous’ COVID-19 misinformation
Since February 2020, the platform has removed 1 million videos regarding COVID-19 misinformation.
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News
/ 3 years agoTwitter will soon let you snitch on people’s misleading tweets
The feature seems to be pointed at health and political misinformation.
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Facebook
/ 4 years agoFacebook booted over 300 Russian accounts claiming COVID vaccines turned people into chimpanzees
Another day, another misinformation campaign.
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Facebook
/ 4 years agoFacebook’s slow reaction to 2020 election misinformation led to over 10 billion views of garbage
Gosh, who would have thought?
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Facebook
/ 4 years agoFacebook removed 1.3 billion fake accounts between October and December
The company has also removed millions of posts regarding COVID-19.
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Facebook
/ 4 years agoMisinformation and far-right news receive the most engagement on Facebook
This...honestly isn't that surprising.
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News
/ 4 years agoTwitter will straight-up ban you if keep pushing out COVID-19 misinformation
Five strikes and you're out.
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Social
/ 4 years agoTwitter wants to crowdsource fact-checking with Birdwatch
This definitely won't be abused...
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News
/ 4 years agoTwitter introduces new, more aggressive policy to fight COVID-19 misinformation
This is an update to a previous policy from the company.
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Facebook
/ 4 years agoFacebook is finally promoting reputable news sources, but don’t expect it to last
The results are good for the world, but bad for Facebook.
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News
/ 4 years agoTwitter is going to discourage users from liking tweets that have been flagged for misinformation
Honestly surprised that this wasn't included when they rolled out warnings for retweets.
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Facebook
/ 4 years agoFacebook will block any ads from presidential candidates falsely claiming victory
Does it really matter though?
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News
/ 4 years ago26% of American adults get their news from YouTube
I miss it when YouTube was for cat videos and people doing dumb things.
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News
/ 4 years agoYouTube will start adding context to videos that make mail-in voting claims
At this point, I'm pretty sure people have already made up their minds on what they believe.
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Facebook
/ 4 years agoFacebook is taking a stand against bullshit posts related to the Oregon wildfires
Of course this is getting a political spin now.
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Facebook
/ 4 years agoSequel to famed viral conspiracy video quickly fades into the void of nonsensical obscurity
Starring Scott Baio & Dr. Demon Sperm
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Facebook
/ 4 years agoA damning new report says Facebook is a ‘major threat’ to public health
In other news, the sky is blue.
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Facebook
/ 5 years agoMark Zuckerberg doesn’t need a secret deal with Trump to operate within set parameters
Resistance is futile.
