May 07, 2020

Fake news Facebook accounts used coronavirus to attract followers

In April, the company yanked 1,887 misleading accounts, pages and groups tied to eight influencer networks building fake engagement.

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April 21, 2020

Facebook to alert us if we’ve been exposed to fake coronavirus news

Drinking bleach does NOT cure coronavirus: it's just one dangerous myth that Facebook will alert us to if we've interacted with it.

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March 31, 2020

Researchers speed the death of ‘bad’ data in the race against good

They have a way to inject 'good' data - i.e., accurate COVID-19 news or security patches - to outpace the spread of fake news or malware.

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March 24, 2020

Facebook Messenger may ban mass-forwarding of messages

Facebook has done this before: it did it with WhatsApp, following an outbreak of lynchings sparked by viral social media hoaxes.

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March 19, 2020

Facebook accidentally blocks genuine COVID-19 news

Facebook is denying that a recent content moderation glitch has anything to do with workforce issues, but blames automatic systems.

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December 19, 2019

Instagram hides ‘false’ content, unless it’s from a politician

Instagram's expanding its fact-checking program but, like Facebook, says it won't keep political speech away from "public debate and scrutiny."

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November 01, 2019

Twitter bans political ads

Interesting timing: Right before Facebook's earnings call, two weeks after Facebook said it won't pull political ads that spout lies.

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July 04, 2019

Facebook’s down-ranking those ‘miracle cure’ health posts we all hate

Clickbait health/nutrition posts will sink in page rankings due to two ranking updates, Facebook announced.

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February 28, 2019

US pushed Russian troll factory offline during US midterm elections

The US blocked internet access to Russian trolls who, they say, were trying to spread FUD.

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