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JD Vance spreads misinformation about Haitian migrants eating pet cats
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance — a vocal proponent of conspiracy theories about immigrants “replacing” Americans — is now…
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Here’s OpenAI’s big plan to combat election misinformation
Yesterday TikTok presented me with what appeared to be a deepfake of Timothee Chalamet sitting in Leonardo Dicaprio’s lap and…
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Poor Quality Results for Online Searches Made People Believe Possible Misinformation: Study
A study has found that people who performed online searches to verify the truthfulness of a piece of possible misinformation…
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Blue checks on X are ‘superspreaders’ of Israel-Hamas war misinformation
The vast majority of viral misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war being posted on X (formerly Twitter) is being pushed by…
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Spotify does nothing as Joe Rogan peddles vaccine misinformation
After Baylor microbiology professor and public health advocate Peter Hotez, MD Ph.D. tweeted out a Motherboard article about Spotify’s lack…
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Technology Industry Allowing ‘Deluge’ of Misinformation to Drown Out Reliable Information, RSF Says
Journalism is being battered by propaganda and increasingly sophisticated fakes, aided by AI software and a failure of oversight from…
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Google to Spread Misinformation Prebunking in Europe; Initiative in the Works in India
After seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, Google will initiate a new campaign in Germany that aims to make people…
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YouTube, Facebook Commit to Tackling Online Extremism, Educating Younger Users: Report
YouTube and Facebook on Thursday reportedly committed to taking additional steps to delete violent content on their platforms as part…
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TikTok preps for midterm misinformation chaos
In a few short years, TikTok has grown into one of the fastest-growing social networks in the world — and…
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Google Search will improve snippets to avoid misinformation
The team behind Google Search is tweaking its featured snippets — the text boxes that sometimes spread false information while…
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