Russia is using online disinformation to trash rival COVID-19 vaccines

Posted on 07/03/2021 by Engadget

Russia's internet disinformation efforts extend well beyond election interference. State Department officials talking to the Wall Street Journal say Russia is running a disinformation campaign using at least four online publications and a host of...

Tim Cook takes aim at Facebook’s practices during privacy conference

Posted on 28/01/2021 by Engadget

In a wide-ranging keynote delivered at the (online-only) 2021 Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference this morning, Apple CEO Tim Cook called for greater scrutiny of businesses "built on misleading users" and data exploitation."The fact is...

Facebook’s oversight board’s first judgments overturn four moderation decisions

Posted on 28/01/2021 by Engadget

Facebook’s Oversight Board has today made judgments on its first five cases, which were selected for consideration on December 1st. This includes rulings on hate speech, as well as the right of users to post images of breasts without falling foul of...

A YouTube network was spreading election disinformation for two months

Posted on 09/01/2021 by Engadget

YouTube promised it would crack down on US election disinformation in early December, but it appear to have missed a large target. BuzzFeed News has learned that a network of YouTube channels linked to the far-right media outlet Epoch Times launched...

YouTube will remove videos disputing the 2020 presidential election

Posted on 09/12/2020 by Engadget

YouTube’s determination to curb election misinformation is extending to disputes over the results. The Google-owned service has started removing content uploaded from December 9th onward if it alleges that “widespread fraud or errors” altered the out...

Facebook puts groups on ‘probation’ for repeatedly spreading disinformation

Posted on 07/11/2020 by Engadget

Facebook’s post-election crackdown on groups is extending beyond bans. The company told the Washington Post that it’s now putting political and social groups on probation if they repeatedly violate community standards. If Facebook makes that call for...

Patreon is the next tech giant to crack down on QAnon

Posted on 24/10/2020 by Engadget

Patreon is joining the ranks of tech companies cracking down on QAnon. Bloomberg reports the crowdfunding site is banning accounts “dedicated” to promoting the discredited conspiracy theory, while others that have pushed some QAnon content (but aren’...

Biden campaign says Facebook is failing to tackle election lies

Posted on 29/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The head of Joe Biden's election campaign has written a scathing letter to Facebook accusing the social network of backsliding. As reported by Axios, campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon says that the platform remains “the nation’s foremost propagato...

Facebook takes down false claims of extremists starting Oregon wildfires

Posted on 13/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook has once again found itself stamping out false information that could foster violence, if not on a topic where it’s normally an issue. Policy communications lead Andy Stone has revealed (via Gizmodo) that Facebook removed false claims extrem...

Facebook blocks Brazil president’s allies after court order

Posted on 02/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook has been eager to fight misinformation on its platform, but it’s concerned Brazil might have taken things a step too far. BBC News reports that Facebook has blocked the accounts of a dozen allies of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro after t...

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