TikTok blocks QAnon hashtags amid larger crackdown

Posted on 25/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

TikTok is joining Facebook and Twitter in cracking down on QAnon posts, at least to a degree. The social network told BBC News that had blocked multiple hashtags related to the unsupported conspiracy theory, including “QAnon” itself and related items...

Lawmakers request monthly COVID-19 misinformation reports from online platforms

Posted on 09/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Democratic members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee want to know what the biggest online platforms are doing to combat COVID-19 misinformation. The lawmakers have sent letters to Facebook, Google and Twitter, requesting monthly reports deta...

Twitter test asks you to open an article before you share it

Posted on 10/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Twitter is about to deal with one of the greatest threats to meaningful discussions on the internet: people who forward articles they haven’t even read. It’s starting an Android test that asks you if you’d like to open an article you’re about to retw...

EU wants Facebook, Twitter to report monthly on fight against fake news

Posted on 10/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The European Union wants tech giants to do more than they have to counter fake news for users on the continent. EU foreign policy lead Josep Borrell and European Commission values and transparency VP Vera Jourova have said Facebook, Google and Twitte...

Facebook will verify identities for suspiciously popular accounts

Posted on 28/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Facebook has been verifying the identities of Page managers for a while in its quest to stamp out misinformation, but now it’s shifting that attention to individual accounts. The social network will now verify the identities of people behind profiles...

China reportedly spread COVID-19 misinformation

Posted on 22/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

A report by The New York Times claims Chinese operatives helped spread false COVID-19 information via text and social media across the US. According to US intelligence officials, the Chinese operatives amplified disinformation about a national lockdo...

Twitter clamps down on coronavirus hoaxes and fake ‘experts’

Posted on 19/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Twitter is ramping up its policies against coronavirus misinformation. The company will ban tweets perpetuating claims of fake cures and other specific information that could incite panic or harm official efforts to fight the pandemic. Under the pol...

Twitter tests labeling and correcting misleading tweets from politicians

Posted on 20/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Twitter is testing a new feature that -- if implemented -- will prominently flag misleading tweets from politicians and other public figures, according to NBC News. As seen below, the feature adds red and orange badges to tweets the company has deeme...

Reddit bans 61 accounts linked to ‘suspected campaign from Russia’

Posted on 07/12/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn presented leaked documents to back claims that the British government put its NHS on the table as part of trade talks with the US. Earlier this week, network analysis firm Graphika Labs linked the leak of the documen...

Twitter reveals how it plans to address deepfakes

Posted on 11/11/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

Twitter said last month it was working on ways to better to handle deepfakes. It just released draft guidelines on how to address the problem and it's looking for the public to weigh in and help shape policies on what it describes as "synthetic and m...

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