The Georgia lawmaker was previously suspended for tweeting false claims during the pandemic. Her final strike was a Saturday tweet misrepresenting data on the death rate from vaccines.
Twitter is running a test in US, Australia & South Korea to study misinformation and identify trends of problem areas. Based on the results, more categories could get added to the fact-checking operation.
Readers need to be careful about what they read and hear because of the farrago of information and misinformation in circulation, writes Satyam Choudhary.
Part of the problem is that people think they know misinformation when they see it. It’s much better to provide additional information than to censor it.
Sources said the govt has asked Twitter to not interfere in the investigation process to determine the veracity of the content, which deals with an alleged Congress toolkit.
Congress alleged that the 'gross misuse' of Twitter by the senior functionaries of BJP has led to dissemination of ‘false information and has the potential to cause social unrest’.
Unnao Kotwali police station's SHO Dinesh Chandra Mishra said the case against Surya Pratap Singh was lodged on 13 May after several residents complained.
In an event on how Facebook handles misinformation, social media giant says no single entity, private or government, should have the power to decide what is true and what is false.
YouTube said Wednesday that its efforts would apply to content posted as of today, given that enough states have certified their election results to determine a president-elect.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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