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Trump will be left twiddling his thumbs if he closes down Twitter as he threatens

Always-on-Twitter Trump threatens on Twitter to shut down Twitter!

The latest of the president's rants came after the platform flagged two of his tweets as unsubstantiated.

27 May 2020 6:06 PM IST

Zuckerberg described preventing electoral interference as a little bit of an arms race against countries such as Russia, Iran and China. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Anthony Quintano)

Was behind in 2016, but confident of stopping election interference...

Facebook had been accused of helping Trump win in 2016 through misinformation that was posted by foreign governments...

21 May 2020 9:18 PM IST

The 2020 election is a battle for the soul of this nation, Biden likes to say. But its also a battle for the soul of the internet.

Can't remain an Average Joe online, Biden's gotta go 'social' to beat...

Strategists worry that Biden is dangerously behind Trump on key metrics across platforms including Twitter, Facebook,...

12 May 2020 3:23 PM IST

The threat to democracy is real and ongoing, but our systems are more prepared than ever, says Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook says it has more than 35,000 people working on safety and security issues, three times the number of four years ago. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Anthony Quintano)

This time, we'll block foreign state ads on US election, says Facebook

Social media giant however puts onus on users to decide whether they want to see other political ads or not.

17 Jun 2020 6:27 PM IST

The threat to democracy is real and ongoing, but our systems are more prepared than ever, says Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook says it has more than 35,000 people working on safety and security issues, three times the number of four years ago. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Anthony Quintano)

This time, we'll block foreign state ads on US election, says Facebook

Social media giant however puts onus on users to decide whether they want to see other political ads or not.

17 Jun 2020 6:27 PM IST

Just hours before Wednesdays hack of Twitter handles, the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform called for the appointment of a national cybersecurity czar. (Photo | Pixabay - Gerd Altmann)

Twitter hack brings up concerns about social media manipulation ahead...

Tweets may increase misperception and sow confusion during crises, creating escalation incentives for an adversary,...

17 July 2020 7:36 PM IST

An industry group that includes Google, Microsoft, Reddit, Pinterest and Twitter has met with federal agencies including the FBIs foreign influence task force to step up coordination on election interference. (Photo | AP)

Google joins other internet platforms to shield US election from...

A coordinated effort is being made by online platforms to curb the spread of disinformation and thwart efforts to...

14 Aug 2020 11:36 AM IST

Facebook has removed 35 Facebook accounts, three pages, and 88 Instagram accounts, security policy head Nathaniel Gleicher said. The people behind this network used fake accounts to pose as Americans, amplify and comment on their own content, and manage pages including some posing as President Trump fan pages. (Photo | AFP)

Facebook, Twitter crack down on Russia, China agents trying to sway US...

State-led influence campaigns were prominent on social media during the 2016 US elections and have been seen around the...

7 Aug 2020 7:11 PM IST

A YouChoose 2020 interactive voting special will also walk people through the voting process using memes such as a tutorial comparing voting to following a recipe and an auto repair video that breaks down the nuts and bolts of voting. (Photo | AFP)

YouTube adds information panels to videos to give voters reliable info...

As most voters take to voting by post amid the pandemic, YouTube has put out videos on Mail-in Voting to combat posts...

24 Sept 2020 5:04 PM IST

A total of about 39 million people have already visited the virtual voting information centres on Facebook and Instagram. (Representative Image | AP)

Facebook launches information centres to get people to vote to make up...

Facebook is seeking to show that it is no longer a means of massive disinformation as it was ahead of major votes in...

21 Sept 2020 5:55 PM IST

This file photo taken on August 4, 2020 shows Prince, a member of the hacking group Red Hacker Alliance, who refused to give his real name, using a website that monitors global cyberattacks on his computer at their office in Dongguan, Chinas southern Guangdong province. Beijing on September 11, 2020 denied trying to meddle in US presidential election after American tech giant Microsoft said it had parried cyberattacks from overseas groups including from China against both the Republican and Democratic campaigns. (Photo | AFP)

US government not upfront about hackers targeting elections, so...

With the Trump administration blocking what Congress learns about election threats, private companies are called upon to...

19 Sept 2020 8:37 PM IST

The more than 6,000-word memo by former employee Sophie Zhang cited organised efforts to harass, mislead or manipulate people in Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Bolivia, Ecuador, India and elsewhere, along with election manipulation efforts in the United States and Brazil.

Facebook not doing enough to stop election manipulation, says fired...

She said she found multiple blatant attempts by foreign national governments to abuse the platform on vast scales to...

15 Sept 2020 8:15 PM IST