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Don't Believe In WhatsApp Forward Saying COVID-19 Will Die If Temperature Increases

Features- Apr 07, 2020

Don't Believe In WhatsApp Forward Saying COVID-19 Will Die If Temperature Increases

After PM Modi's announcement on lighting lights and diyas, a WhatsApp forward becomes viral saying that COVID-19 will die if the temperature becomes higher.

This AI-Based Site Can Author Fake News Articles

Features- Mar 26, 2020

This AI-Based Site Can Author Fake News Articles

A website named NotRealNews.net has been detected to use AI to produce fake news and stories

Reddit Updates Policies To Battle Impersonation And Deepfakes

ICT News- Jan 10, 2020

Reddit Updates Policies To Battle Impersonation And Deepfakes

The epidemic of fake content, Reddit aims to safeguard its transparency as well as the community’s well-being.

Instagram Curbs Fake News By Fact-Checking, Labelling 'False' Content

ICT News- Jan 02, 2020

Instagram Curbs Fake News By Fact-Checking, Labelling 'False' Content

Instagram will collaborate with fact-checkers to curb fake information that doesn’t stand for the truths. 

Twitter Removes Thousands Of State-Backed Accounts Concerning Misinformation

ICT News- Sep 23, 2019

Twitter Removes Thousands Of State-Backed Accounts Concerning Misinformation

Twitter didn’t aim at state-backed fake news but it also issued new policies to prevent advertising from news outlets controlled by any state.

Instagram Now Allows Its Users To Flag False Content

ICT News- Aug 19, 2019

Instagram Now Allows Its Users To Flag False Content

Although Facebook won’t possibly gain much change from allowing users to flag false content on Instagram in the near future, at least the company will have more time to establish more powerful detection tools.

Players Learn To Identify Fake News Through Kickstarter Game

Features- Aug 07, 2019

Players Learn To Identify Fake News Through Kickstarter Game

The 'Misinformer' game has been created with the aim of teaching people how to identify the truth in the world full of fake news.

Stanford To Set Up An “Internet Observatory” For Abuse Monitoring

Features- Jul 27, 2019

Stanford To Set Up An “Internet Observatory” For Abuse Monitoring

Alex Stamos, Facebook's ex-security head, now a visiting professor at Standford is building a new tool helping researchers study online harassment and disinformation.

AI-Generated Spam Is Clogging Google’s Search Results

Features- Jul 04, 2019

AI-Generated Spam Is Clogging Google’s Search Results

AI systems have stepped their games in generating convincing text, from short stories to song lyrics, and these text is clogging Google's search results.

Google To Train Kids How To Spot Fake News And Get Rid Of It

ICT News- Jun 28, 2019

Google To Train Kids How To Spot Fake News And Get Rid Of It

Millennials have been growing up with the Internet, so it's necessary for them to be guided with such kind of training. 

New AI Algorithm Generates And Detects Fake News Articles

Features- Jun 18, 2019

New AI Algorithm Generates And Detects Fake News Articles

A team of scientists built an AI algorithm called GROVER that creates what might be the most believable bot-written fake news to date.

Subreddit Created To Discuss About Fake News Written By AI

Features- Jun 13, 2019

Subreddit Created To Discuss About Fake News Written By AI

A bizarre new subreddit called “newsbyAI” created to post totally fake news articles written by sophisticated artificial intelligence algorithms.