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Mike Huckabee is the unlikely avenger of deep-faked celebrities

Oprah, Taylor Smith, Tom Hanks, and Jennifer Aniston don't run to court when they're deepfaked. Mik…

Laura Italiano   


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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,…

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Government blocks over 60 social media accounts for allegedly spreading anti-India fake news

"These YouTube channels are sponsored from Pakistan," he said. On fake news through newspap…

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YouTube prankster arrested after orchestrating fake 911 call where car was full of Coca-Cola instead of drugs: Florida police

YouTuber Jason Cid was charged with misusing 911, a third-degree felony. The local police chief in …

Lindsay Dodgson   


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Fact-checking orgs have called out YouTube for allowing itself to be 'weaponized,' and say the video platform hasn't done enough to combat fake news

In an open letter, the fact-checking groups said YouTube "has so far framed discussions about disin…

Huileng Tan   


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YouTuber Trisha Paytas hit back at 'vile' critics who accused them of faking their pregnancy for views

YouTuber Trisha Paytas said they thought people who accused them of faking a pregnancy were "jealou…

Charissa Cheong   


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A YouTuber was shocked that an account impersonating him had more followers. It highlights a big problem with social media.

Carter Smith, an influencer makes content about PC building, was shocked when he saw a fake account…

Lindsay Dodgson   


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A group of conmen set up a fake cricket Indian Premier League complete with staged matches on YouTube to scam Russian gamblers, police allege

The scammers used walkie-talkies to relay instructions to bogus umpires on the phony field after th…

Katie Anthony   


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Snake venom at a rave party: FIR filed against YouTuber Elvish Yadav and 5 others

An FIR has been filed against six people including Bigg Boss winner Elvish Yadav for supplying snak…

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A YouTuber with less than 50,000 subscribers said he 'fooled' the internet with a fake picture of Amber Heard and a 'mega pint' of wine

Classify, a YouTuber with 42,000 subscribers, said he 'fooled' the internet by asking FaZe Blaze to…

Charissa Cheong   


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Google to boost fake news, illegal content monitoring on YouTube

Seoul, July 12 (IANS) Google's video-sharing platform YouTube will cooperate with South Korea to cl…

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A YouTuber with 2 million subscribers was accused of messaging a fake 13-year-old in a vigilante sting operation

Bryant Moreland, a YouTuber known as EDP445, was seemingly caught in a sting operation by another Y…

Steven Asarch   


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A doctored Joe Biden video that makes it look like he greeted the wrong state is still spreading

An edited video that made Joe Biden appear to greet the wrong state at a campaign rally went viral …

Rachel E. Greenspan   


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I bust fake news for Snopes. Here's how I spot viral hoaxes, photoshops, 'deepfakes,' and misinformation.

With training and a careful eye, social media users can help stop the spread of false information —…

Madison Dapcevich   


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Russia's internet censorship is forcing citizens to turn to the dark web and VPNs for news and social media

Instagram influencers posted tearful goodbye messages. Global news outlets vanished. VPN downloads …

Connor Perrett   


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YouTube channels made money off of fake election results livestreams with thousands of viewers

One hip-hop YouTube channel streamed a fake still results image to more than 26,000 people with adv…

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YouTube removed popular 'Lofi Girl' streams after it received false and 'abusive' copyright claims

The channel's "beats to relax/study to" has over 680 million views, and features an iconic image of…

Connor Perrett   


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Scammers are using video games to fake footage of war in Ukraine and the China Eastern Airlines plane crash

One video that was viewed thousands of times claimed to show the moment a plane crashed in China. I…

Connor Perrett