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Donald Trump Threatens To Close Down Social Networking Firms
Twitter applies fact-checking alert to a tweet from US President Donald Trump as part of new policy on misleading information
Coronavirus: One In Four YouTube Covid-19 Videos Are Misleading
More than a quarter of Coronavirus videos on YouTube contain “misleading or inaccurate information”, a new study has warned
Coronavirus: WhatsApp To Limit Forwarding To Slow Spread Of Fake News
False Covid-19 claims that has seen mobile masts and towers attacked, has resulted in WhatsApp imposing a strict limit on forwarded messages
Martin Lewis Calls For Action As Fake Ad Reports His Death
No, the founder of MoneySavingExpert and well known money saving expert Martin Lewis, is not dead, despite fake adverts to the contrary
Facebook Refuses To Ban Misleading Political Adverts
Platform makes limited changes to its stance on political adverts, but still refuses to ban ads that are misleading or spread lies
Facebook To Remove Deepfake Videos, If It Meets Certain Criteria
U-turn at Facebook? Social network confirms it will remove some videos modified by artificial intelligence, known as deepfakes
Twitter Warns Tories Over Twitter Name Change
Twitter to take no further action, after it said Tories misled the public when press office changed name during TV debate
Google, Facebook Urged To Do More To Tackle Fake News
European Commission says tech giants must to more to tackle fake news, after submission of self-assessment reports
Facebook Removes ‘Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour’ From UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Social network takes down networks of fake accounts and groups tied to three Middle Eastern governments
Facebook Enables Russian Meddling, Claims US House Speaker
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slams Facebook for failing to take down heavily edited video
Facebook Removes Three Billion Fake Accounts
Huge number of fake accounts disabled by Facebook over a six month enforcement period
Facebook Deletes More Russian-Linked Accounts
Social network says 97 accounts from Russia were responsible for ‘coordinated inauthentic behaviour’
Twitter, Google Urged To Do More In Fight Against Fake News
Warning from European Commission comes ahead of European Parliament elections next month
Google, Facebook, Twitter Failing To Tackle Fake News
Rap on the knuckles for big three, as European Commission says firms are not doing enough to tackle fake news
Facebook Needs Regulation and Code Of Ethics, Say MPs
Zuckerberg pays for failing to appear before MPs as influential committee hands out tough recommendations
WhatsApp Restricts Message Forwarding, To Halt ‘Misinformation’
Facebook limits WhatsApp message forwarding to just five people, down from the previous 20
Information Commissioner Calls For Regulation Of Social Media
A new regulatory body is needed to police social media firms’ ‘very disturbing’ use of personal data for political purposes, Elizabeth Denham tells Parliament
Twitter Provides Evidence Of Russia Meddling
Publishes data sets of millions of tweets, images and videos from accounts linked to Russia and Iran
Facebook To Clamp Down On Voting Misinformation
US election clampdown, but meantime in the UK it pledges to make political adverts “transparent”
Facebook Culls Hundreds Of US-based Spam, Fake News Accounts
Facebook is deleting hundreds of American accounts and pages for “inauthentic activity”
Facebook, Twitter Purge Fake News Accounts Linked To Iran, Russia
Social media giants remove hundreds of accounts linked to propaganda campaigns from Iran and Russia
Facebook Deletes Fake Accounts Ahead Of US Elections
Dozens of accounts were involved in ‘coordinated inauthentic behaviour’, but Facebook stops short of saying Russia’s to blame
Twitter Closes 70 Million Fake Accounts
Massacre of the trolls as micro-blogging service shuts down 70 million fake and suspicious accounts
Zuckerberg Declines To Appear Before Parliamentary Committee
Facebook founder refuses to attend parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee
Facebook Says No Russian Interference In UK Brexit Vote
No evidence the Russians used social media to influence British vote to exit European Union, says Facebook
Twitter To Clearly Label Political Adverts
Heightened sensitivity about political interference on social media results in new rules from Twitter
Malvertising Attack Spreads Malicious Sponsored Content Via Taboola
Attackers are now making use of ‘sponsored content’ networks such as Taboola to insert malicious content into trusted sites, researchers have found
Google Focuses On Personalisation And Fake News In App Updates
It’s now easier for users to follow their favourite topics and fact-check new stories
Google Fights Fake News With Feedback Tools In Search
Users will now be able to flag offensive, harmful and misleading Google Search results