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A small number of ‘superspreaders’ are propagating most of the misinformation on Twitter, study finds
Building on our understanding on the spread of misinformation on social media, a team of analysts a…
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Trump's victory shows the flagging influence of mainstream media
Trump's online strategies, including podcast appearances, reflect the waning power of legacy media …
Lindsay Dodgson,Mikhaila Friel
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Influencers are swiping a new black card at restaurants, spas, and fitness studios
OTH Network is the latest influencer-marketing platform wooing influencers and harnessing gifting a…
Amanda Perelli
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US intel says Russian actors made the fake Georgia voter fraud video — and expects more to come
Russian influence actors created a fake Georgia voter fraud video, a group of US intelligence offic…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Deepfakes of trusted and popular doctors are being used to illegally sell marijuana products online
AI deepfakes are using UK doctors' likenesses to promote dubious products. Some of the targeted inf…
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Kerala government implements 'Fake News detection' in school textbooks
In a move to empower school children, the Kerala government to include the identification of fake n…
ANI
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Heads-up for people sharing fake political news on social media: You may be prone to psychosis or schizophrenia!
Social media has significantly broadened our exposure to various mental health disorders. The multi…
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Social media's favorite fake rich kid opens up about his online persona — and his new real-life job
Does Aris Yeager really live the lifestyle of his satirical persona Louis?
William Edwards
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An influencer who faked her death from cervical cancer says she did it to raise awareness for women who actually died from the disease
Poonam Pandey says she posted that she died from cervical cancer to raise awareness for women who a…
Katie Balevic
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China wants its nepo-baby and get-rich-quick influencers gone
China's biggest platforms announced a synchronized crackdown on "bad behavior" involving flaunting …
Matthew Loh
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The $21 billion influencer industry has gone completely off the rails
Influencer marketing is booming, but the largely unregulated industry is rife with fraud, discrimin…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Wealthy Chinese influencers are being banned from social media for flaunting lavish lifestyles
A social media influencer dubbed "China's Kim Kardashian" lost access to his accounts after China l…
Jyoti Mann
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Fake AI Tom Cruise is part of a Russian scheme to mess with the Olympics, Microsoft alleges
Russia wants you to hate the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics — and it's enlisted the help of a fake, AI-…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Over a 100 mn Indians have tried products pushed by influencers and its growing
India has over 3.5-4 million influencers categorized into different types based on their followers.…
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Instagram influencers, watch out: AI is already coming for your jobs
AI influencers are striking six-figure deals with luxury brands trying to cut marketing costs. It's…
Aaron Mok
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Election fuelled misinformation is serious global risk in 2024, says WEF
It’s a year of many elections across the world. This, on top of two ongoing wars, could make it the…
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A popular fitness influencer admits she faked having late-stage pancreatic cancer for 3 years to her followers
Fitness influencer MianBaobao shared her three-year pancreatic cancer journey with her followers, b…
Julie Gerstein
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Wannabe influencer brothers are accused of creating an entire fake paparazzi channel to make themselves seem more famous than they actually are
Two wannabe influencers have raised suspicion as a string of strange TikTok accounts popped up, see…