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U.S. lawmakers grill big tech CEOs on misinformation, fake news
In their first appearance before Congress since Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter were asked by U.S.…
A decline in online disinformation follows Donald Trump’s political decline
In a recent talk hosted on the National Public Radio (NPR), an NPR journalist Miles Parks discussed how Trump’s exit from the office and subsequent…
TikTok warns users about videos spreading fake news, misinformation
TikTok appears to be taking the spread of fake news and online misinformation campaigns seriously as it has now added new warning labels to videos…
We are aware that Pakistan is facing 5th-generation warfare in ‘massive way’: DG ISPR
Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar has declared that India is subjecting Pakistan to a massive campaign of fifth-generation warfare…
Fact check: Is Google REALLY launching operations in Lahore?
So, according to a recent tweet by PTI member Mujtaba Sharf, Google is about to launch its operations in Lahore. On the surface, this sounds…
PTA confronts Twitter over fake news and anti-Pakistan propaganda
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has approached the Twitter administration to immediately sensitize its moderation teams and ensure that the platform is not used as a…
Facebook to stop running political ads after the US election ends
Facebook has announced that it will stop running all political and social-issue advertisements after polls close in the 2020 US presidential elections on the 3rd…
Twitter might be reworking its misinformation labels to be more direct
Twitter has continuously been working to stop the spread of misinformation on its platform. Most of the avid users of twitter might have seen that…
Twitter deletes over 170k pro-China accounts spreading propaganda
In a very recent development, Twitter has deleted more than 170,000 accounts that it claims were part of an operation to spread pro-China messages and…
Global advertising agencies join forces to tackle dangerous content online
Advertisers Assemble! This is the call that seems to be emanating around the world as sixteen of the world’s biggest advertisers have teamed up to…
Information Ministry’s fake news buster Twitter account gets fabricated in a day
The Ministry of Information and Broadcast launched yesterday, a Twitter account FakeNewsBusterMoIB to curb the spread of misinformation and fake news through social media. Pakistan…
Twitter suspended 70 million fake accounts in May & June 2018
Twitter has reportedly suspended around 70 million accounts in just two months i.e May and June 2018 in an effort to reduce the impact of…
Facebook launches Pakistan Election Integrity Initiative for Elections 2018
While being aware of the fact that a Cambridge Analytica like scandal has the potential to influence elections in Pakistan, Facebook is gearing up to…
