Tag: Fake News
These 2 tools together can help Facebook fight fake news
Struggling to tame the spread of misinformation on its platform, Facebook can better reduce the extent to which their users fall for and spread...
Facebook to verify users whose posts go viral rapidly
Facebook has said it will now verify the identity of people who have a pattern of inauthentic behaviour on its platform and whose posts...
SC declines to entertain plea to link Aadhaar, social media accounts
The Supreme Court has declined to entertain a plea by BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay seeking to link Aadhaar with social media accounts as...
IFCN launches WhatsApp bot to fight COVID-19 misinformation
Poynter Institutes International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) on Monday launched its chatbot on WhatsApp to help two billion users of the Facebook-owned instant messaging platform...
WhatsApp sees 70% drop in frequently forwarded messages with new limit
Facebook-owned WhatsApp which earlier thin month introduced a limit on frequently forwarded messages to one chat at a time has seen a massive 70...