The Web Tech Culture Twitter's 'Birdwatch' will fight the spread of misinformation Upcoming feature will add more context to tweets that have been flagged by users By Joe White, October 3, 2020, 1:33 PM 38 comments
Hardware No, AMD isn't discontinuing the Radeon RX 5700 series AMD will continue to respond to market demand By Eric Hamilton, October 3, 2020, 7:14 AM 28 comments
Security The Web Facebook doesn't want to be an "arbiter of truth," but will verify the identities of people behind popular Pages Posts from unverified Pages will have limited reach By Adrian Potoroaca, May 29, 2020, 8:01 PM 26 comments
The Web Tech Culture Facebook will ban deepfakes, but many fake videos can still fall through the cracks The company's criteria for video removal doesn't affect all fake videos By Adrian Potoroaca, January 7, 2020, 5:41 PM
The Web Tim Berners-Lee says the web has its problems, but they can be fixed It's the world wide web's birthday By Rob Thubron, March 12, 2019, 6:57 AM
The Web Facebook and Instagram crack down on anti-vaccine content Pages and groups that spread misinformation will become less visible By Rob Thubron, March 8, 2019, 6:48 AM 26 comments
Google Tech Culture Google presents its anti-fake news system in detail Disinformation is easily buried in the depths of Search By Greg Synek, February 19, 2019, 8:16 AM 14 comments
Software OpenAI has a text-generation tool that can write convincing fake news 'Fake news is already a problem, but if it were automated, it might be harder to tune out' By Cal Jeffrey, February 15, 2019, 6:07 AM
Microsoft The Web Microsoft's mobile Edge browser will warn users about fake news The browser says not to trust the Daily Mail By Rob Thubron, January 23, 2019, 9:23 AM 10 comments
Software WhatsApp fights fake news by limiting the number of times you can forward a message Following a six-month test in India By Rob Thubron, January 21, 2019, 8:58 AM
Tech Culture The Web New study finds internet users over 65 share the most fake news The study found that 18% of Republicans shared fake news and less than 4% of Democrats did By William Gayde, January 11, 2019, 12:16 AM 50 comments
The Web Facebook launches £4.5 million fund to support UK journalists and fight fake news The funds will be managed by the NCTJ By Cohen Coberly, November 19, 2018, 2:15 PM
The Web Facebook deletes hundreds of US-based political accounts for "coordinated inauthentic behavior" With the midterms just around the corner By Rob Thubron, October 12, 2018, 5:26 AM 13 comments
The Web Facebook looks to stop election interference using its 'war room' The social network's last line of defense against election-related disinformation By Rob Thubron, September 20, 2018, 8:02 AM 20 comments
The Web Facebook is using AI to automatically flag potential 'false news' for fact-checkers Facebook is streamlining its fact-checking process By Cohen Coberly, September 13, 2018, 12:32 PM 7 comments
Software Researchers make Deepfake videos look even more realistic 'Styles' can now be transferred from one person to another By Rob Thubron, September 12, 2018, 7:36 AM 9 comments
The Web Facebook deletes hundreds of accounts linked to Iranian and Russian disinformation campaigns Twitter also removed accounts By Rob Thubron, August 22, 2018, 5:35 AM
The Web Facebook is quietly rating the trustworthiness of its users One of many ways Facebook is combating the spread of misinformation By Shawn Knight, August 21, 2018, 12:51 PM 8 comments
The Web Political party affiliation and education levels directly correlate to perception of fake news Americans believe that 39 percent of the news they digest via traditional media is misinformation By Shawn Knight, June 20, 2018, 1:13 PM 19 comments
The Web More people are turning to WhatsApp instead of Facebook for sharing news Thanks to toxic debates, fake news, and privacy issues By Rob Thubron, June 15, 2018, 11:04 AM
The Web Google Google announces the 'Google News Initiative' to further combat the spread of 'fake news' Google is taking significant steps to fight misinformation By Cohen Coberly, March 20, 2018, 2:02 PM 17 comments
The Web Fake news spreads faster and further on Twitter than true stories Bots spread true and false news at equal rates By Shawn Knight, March 8, 2018, 4:32 PM 9 comments
The Web Facebook ends experiment that split news feed in two Goodbye, Explore Feed, you won't be missed By Rob Thubron, March 2, 2018, 8:04 AM
Industry Facebook asks users to determine trustworthy news sources Will it work this time? By Rob Thubron, January 22, 2018, 9:05 AM
Mobile WhatsApp might be testing a new spam prevention system Chain messages may soon be a thing of the past for WhatsApp users By Cohen Coberly, January 16, 2018, 6:09 PM