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Fake Instagram, Facebook, and Vimeo extensions on Google Chrome can ‘hijack’ your URL, steal personal information and track your location
The malware is affecting around three million people around the world as per install…
Over 80 fact checkers claim that YouTube is being "weaponised by unscrupulous actors"
Stressing that current measures on behalf of the Google-owned platform are proving insufficient,…
Facebook, Google and Twitter have till April to tell the Delhi High Court who's in charge of removing fake news
The Delhi High Court issued a notice to social networking platforms — including Facebook, Google an…
Google bans deepfakes on its machine-learning research product Colab
Deepfakes have been used for viral memes and pop culture creations, but also to spread disinformati…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
I quit a six-figure job as a Google recruiter to become a full-time tattoo artist. It feels amazing and I'll never look back.
Daniel Sprague quit his job at Google in December 2022 because he was worried about layoffs: "Googl…
Sawdah Bhaimiya
Facebook posts from misinformation sources get 6 times more engagement than reputable news sites, new study says
Facebook said the study doesn't show how many people viewed misinformation - but it doesn't share t…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
Elon Musk disses YouTube for 'nonstop scam ads' after threatening to walk away from Twitter purchase over bots
Over the past few years, YouTube has been hit with a series of cryptocurrency scams. In 2020, the c…
Grace Kay
Putin's agents reportedly threatened a top Google executive in Moscow with a 24-hour ultimatum – Take down Russia protest vote app or go to prison
Agents confronted a Google executive at her Moscow home last September and told her to remove the a…
Joshua Zitser
Kannur teaches students how to battle fake news
Kannur, a coastal district in Kerala, has launched a new initiative by the name of Satyameva Jayate…
COVID-19 and the fake news fiasco
Taking cognizance of the fact that fake news can be as harmful as Coronavirus itself, the governmen…
Google is launching a tool that helps users to identify whether a picture is AI-generated
Google's "About this image" feature tells users when it first indexed the picture and if it has app…
Pete Syme
Apple accepted Amazon's request to boot an app that spots fake reviews from the App Store. Its owner has accused Amazon of bullying.
The CEO of Fakespot, which was removed from Apple's App Store, has said Amazon is "willing to bully…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
How to fact check fake news on WhatsApp
In 2018, 29 people were killed in India by mobs after fake messages about alleged child-lifting …
A face-swapping app shows how easily deep fake tech can be used as a 'weapon' against women
"It's going to be a frigging nightmare, even more than what's out there now, as a tool or a weapon …
Katie Balevic
Instagram, Google, and TikTok should warn users about AI-generated content and build safeguards, EU official says
Vera Jourova, an EU official, said companies should "clearly label" apps which could spread AI disi…
Pete Syme
Hundreds of scam apps caused a surprise $42 monthly charge to land on millions of Android users' wireless bills
Researchers from the mobile security firm Zimperium discovered about 200 apps scamming millions of …
Emily Walsh
Google's most cutting-edge moonshot lab is refocusing on actually making money
After years of burning Google's cash to pursue lofty, sci-fi dreams, the X labs are pivoting toward…
Matt Weinberger
Cambridge University launches new anti-fake news game to teach online users how to keep misinformation from going viral
"Trying to debunk misinformation after it has spread is like shutting the barn door after the ho…
Brands are financing vaccine misinformation
New research shows how ads enable fake news, why private equity is coming for ad agencies, and Brun…
Lucia Moses
Misinformation vs. disinformation: What to know about each form of false information, and how to spot them online
Both misinformation and disinformation involve the sharing of false or inaccurate information, with…