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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes the keynote speech at F8, Facebooks developer conference in San Jose, Calif. Facebook Inc. reports earnings Tuesday, Oct. 30. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Facebook caught in an election-security Catch-22

CEO Mark Zuckerberg called 2019 another year of significant investment during the earnings call.

31 Oct 2018 8:09 PM IST

Facebook is allowing advertisers access to this hidden personal information for custom audience.

Facebook to ban misinformation on voting in upcoming US elections

Facebook has stopped short of banning all false or misleading posts, something that it has shied away.

16 Oct 2018 1:17 PM IST

Youngsters are using WhatsApp to consume news. (Photo: Pixabay)

WhatsApp hits the road with skits to stamp out fake news in India

The drive follows intense government pressure for both Facebook and WhatsApp to fight fake news.

14 Oct 2018 10:32 AM IST

Next generation of fake news will be empowered by Artificial Intelligence and be far more sophisticated, and even more disastrous.

Researchers build AI that scans source for fake news

The AI uses machine learning algorithm which has been trained using Media Bias/Fact Check's analysis of over 2,000 news...

5 Oct 2018 9:44 AM IST

Quite often, fake news resurfaces and goes viral multiple times.

Fake news, the DNA of tech firms: The big fight against fake news

Technology companies like Google, Twitter, Facebook and Microsoft are also gearing up to fight the menace of fake news.

1 Oct 2018 2:10 AM IST

Quite often, fake news resurfaces and goes viral multiple times.

Fake news, the DNA of tech firms: Gearing up for the 2019 polls

Social media companies seem quite serious about removing false news and propaganda from their platforms.

1 Oct 2018 2:08 AM IST

WhatsApps end-to-end encryption relies on the generation of unique security keys, using the Signal protocol that are traded and verified between users to guarantee communications are secure.

WhatsApp hires Ezetap's Abhijit Bose to be its India head

WhatsApp tries to curb the spread of misinformation on its service in India where it has more than 200 million users.

22 Nov 2018 10:59 AM IST

Youngsters are using WhatsApp to consume news. (Photo: Pixabay)

Fake news: WhatsApp, DEF host training for community leaders in Jaipur

Over 120 participants were trained on how to spot false news and differentiate between rumours and opinions.

19 Nov 2018 6:05 PM IST

Next generation of fake news will be empowered by Artificial Intelligence and be far more sophisticated, and even more disastrous.

Fake news is winning the war against facts

Extensive research by the BBC World Service has thrown light on what India has known for a while as an incipient problem...

14 Nov 2018 3:50 AM IST

SP President Akhilesh Yadav (Photo: AP)

Fake news is like a virus: Akhilesh Yadav

Mr Akhilesh Yadav compared fake news to a virus while speaking at the Beyond Fake News' conference here on Monday,

13 Nov 2018 12:15 AM IST

FaceBook elections sign stands in the media area in Cleveland, before the first Republican presidential debate. With the US midterm elections coming soon on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, there are signs that theyre making some headway, although theyre still a long way from winning the war. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Social media's misinformation battle: No winners, so far

Facebook and other social platforms have been waging a fight against online misinformation and hate speech for two...

4 Nov 2018 9:41 AM IST

Twitter has deleted millions of suspicious accounts after it and other social media services were used in misinformation campaigns attempting influence voters in the 2016 US presidential race and other elections.

Fake news network vs bots: the online war around Khashoggi killing

Bots have flooded social media in recent weeks, many of them promoting messages which support Saudi Arabia.

2 Nov 2018 10:10 AM IST