Misinformation and disinformation won’t be classified as prohibited content by the FPB ahead of South Africa’s general elections.
While ANC Deputy President Mashatile preaches integrity and honesty ahead of elections, his party is making suspicious claims on social media
Google DeepMind has launched a way to track AI-made images in order to stop the spread of misinformation online.
YouTube says it will stop removing videos that advance 2020 US election misinformation in a bid to promote “political speech”.
The change in its COVID-19 misinformation policy happened on 23rd November, with reports suggesting changes to child exploitation too.
The litmus test for unbanning a Twitter account would be whether it broke the law or is a spam account.
Telegram has become a hub for malicious content as the conflict in Ukraine rages on.
Twitch says it doesn’t have a misinformation problem but it doesn’t want one either.
At the weekend Meta took down a network of 40 accounts, Pages and Groups spreading misinformation and targeting Ukrainians.
Following an attack by Russia on Ukraine, social media misinformation policies are set to be tested in ways the ongoing pandemic never could.
YouTube notes that its models can’t move as quickly as misinformation spreads.
Over 80 fact-checking organisations plead for a change in YouTube’s toxic content
