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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures as he speaks to supporters in the garden of the Alvorada Palace. (AFP)

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Bolsonaro supporters blocked out of Twitter, Facebook after court rule

Brazil's Supreme Court ordered them blocked as part of a probe into an alleged disinformation campaign by the...

25 July 2020 11:21 AM IST

Facebook and Instagram users can use the tool to check if they are registered to vote and how to do so if they are not. It is the latest effort by the platform to prevent a repeat of the online disinformation that marred the 2016 US election. (Photo | AP)

Technology

Facebook launches voting information centre to stop fake news' effect...

It will serve as a one-stop-shop to give people in the US the tools and information they need to make their voices heard...

13 Aug 2020 3:44 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)

Technology

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

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