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Microsoft did not assess which foreign adversary poses the greater threat to the integrity of the November presidential election. The consensus among cybersecurity experts is that Russian interference is the gravest. (Photo | AP)

Microsoft warns of Russia, China hackers' attempts to influence US...

Foreign activity groups have stepped up efforts targeting the election as had been anticipated, Microsoft corporate vice...

11 Sept 2020 5:02 PM IST

Twitter has cracked down by removing or labelling several of the presidents tweets. Facebook, citing the risk of civil unrest, announced Thursday that it would not allow new political ads on its platform in the last week of the November 3 race. (Photo | AFP)

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Team Trump sticks to polarising, manipulative content on social media...

The open use of digitally-altered images by Trump and other candidates in 2020 has tech giants worried.

5 Sept 2020 5:38 PM IST

Fake posts that appear to be real are of particular concern ahead of the US presidential election in November, especially after false social media posts exploded in number during the 2016 vote that brought Donald Trump to power. Microsoft said it has partnered with the AI Foundation in San Francisco to make the video authentication tool available to political campaigns, news outlets and others involved in the democratic process. (Photo | AFP)

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Microsoft launches software to detect deepfakes ahead of US election

The software analyses an image or each frame of a video, looking for evidence of manipulation that could be invisible to...

3 Sept 2020 8:26 PM IST

$The social media giant also vowed to fact check any premature claims of victory, stating that if a candidate tries to declare himself the winner before final votes are tallied well add a label to their posts directing people to the official results. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said, With our nation so divided and election results potentially taking days or even weeks to be finalised, there could be an increased risk of civil unrest across the country.\ (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Anthony Quintano)$ Technology

Facebook says it will ban fresh political ads in week before US...

However, political campaigns will be allowed to run existing ads to run and change how they are targeted.

3 Sept 2020 8:06 PM IST