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New wrinkles in misinformation as midterms near: election skeptics at polling places, and on ballots; fake news in new languages; elon musk at twitter's helm

Conspiracy theories about vote-by-mail ballots. Anonymous text messages warning voters to stay home....

November 3, 2022, 6:31 pm

Google releases details on how it will combat misinformation in advance of midterm elections

Google is preparing for a wave of misinformation surrounding the US midterm elections by elevating trus...

September 1, 2022, 10:52 am

Fedex cuts ties with ground delivery contractor, files suit

FedEx has cut ties with one of its largest delivery contractors after suing him for spreading misinformation <...

August 27, 2022, 5:04 am

Is twitter ready for the midterms?

A stunning whistleblower disclosure from Twitter's former head of security accuses the company of having a reactive approach to ...

August 26, 2022, 11:26 am

Tesla threatens to sue critic over ads showing its cars hitting kid-sized mannequins

Software CEO Dan O'Dowd paid for an ad that purports to show Tesla's FSD system isn't safe. The company disagrees, calling it "misinformation....

August 25, 2022, 2:45 pm

Twitter is overhauling its spam-fighting team after a whistleblower accused the company of lying to federal regulators and elon musk about bots

A Twitter spokesperson confirmed to Insider the company is merging its anti-spam department with one that fights harmful content and misinformation....

August 24, 2022, 5:46 am

Twitter is merging its spam fighting and misinfo prevention teams

Amid the chaos of Twitter's legal fight with Elon Musk and its ex-security head turning into a whistleblower, the company is merging its team for figh...

August 24, 2022, 4:58 am

Twitter reshuffles ‘health' team after explosive whistleblower claims

Twitter is also preparing to fortify its defenses against the spread of misinformation ahead of midterm...

August 23, 2022, 6:53 pm

Twitter says it's bringing back ‘prebunks' ahead of the midterm elections. here's what that means.

Twitter Inc. says it's bringing back “prebunks” ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, in a bid to stop misi...

August 11, 2022, 12:18 pm

Brazil asks whatsapp to delay ‘communities' launch

Citing concerns about the spread of misinformation in their country's upcoming election, Brazilian pros...

July 29, 2022, 5:49 pm

Twitter bots are hard to track, and focusing on the amount misses the point. here's what matters more, according to 2 researchers.

The creators of bot-detector Botometer say defining a bot is crucial — and not all bots on social media are bad or involved in misinformation....

May 25, 2022, 12:44 pm

New twitter policy aims to pierce fog of war misinformation

Twitter is stepping up its fight against misinformation with a new policy cracking down on posts that s...

May 19, 2022, 2:33 pm

Elon musk has a 'huge responsibility' to tackle vaccine misinformation on twitter, who official says

"We wish Mr Musk luck with his endeavours to improve the quality of information that we all receive," a WHO official said....

April 28, 2022, 5:02 am

Intel: euv misinformation

Speculation has run rampant about Intel purportedly being last in line to receive EUV tools and being unable to secure enough tools to ramp its EUV no...

April 25, 2022, 3:26 am

Twitter says it's banning ads pushing climate change denial as silicon valley ramps up its fight against climate misinformation

The social media platform said it will target ads that "contradict the scientific consensus" on climate change....

April 25, 2022, 12:13 am

Twitter uses earth day to announce ban on climate denialism ads

The platform has been a source of a growing wave of climate misinformation and said denialism ‘should...

April 23, 2022, 4:55 pm

Pinterest bans misinformation about climate change

Pinterest on Wednesday announced a new policy prohibiting users from sharing climate misinformation on ...

April 6, 2022, 2:58 pm

Pinterest bans all climate change misinformation on its platform

Pinterest announced today it's becoming the first major digital platform to introduce a comprehensive misinfor...

April 6, 2022, 11:02 am

Pinterest announces ban on all climate misinformation

Image-focused social network says it will take down content that distorts or denies facts of climate crisis...

April 6, 2022, 9:30 am

Pinterest bans climate misinformation from posts and ads.

The virtual pinboard service will remove content that denies climate change after also blocking ads about politics, weight loss and anti-vaccine senti...

April 6, 2022, 9:30 am


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