Tag: fake news
85% of UK think creating fake news should be illegal
New research from digital identity security specialists, ID Crypt Global, reveals that an overwhelming majority of the UK public believes those who create and spread fake news should have their social […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Twitter agrees to comply with EU laws on fake news
Twitter has agreed to comply with tough new EU laws on fake news, Russian propaganda and online crime after a team of officials from the European Commission entered its headquarters to […]
Two thirds of Brits worried about spread of ‘fake news’
Two years into the pandemic and with misleading news, images and video flowing in fast from the Russia-Ukraine war, research shows that 65 percent of Brits are concerned about the […]
Safer Internet Day: 1 in 2 children encounter misleading content daily
To mark this year’s Safer Internet Day, new research released today (9th February) shows young people are experiencing misleading content online on a daily basis. According to research from the […]
1 in 2 teens have fallen for ‘fake news’, claims Vodafone survey
Ahead of Safer Internet Day tomorrow (9th February), which explores the theme ‘An Internet We Trust’, Vodafone has released research uncovering UK teens’ perceptions around fake news and misinformation online. According to […]
Facebook urged to share data to tackle fake news
Facebook has been asked to share more data with third-party fact checkers in a bid to tackle ongoing spread of potentially harmful misinformation across social media. Full Fact, the fact-checking […]
Mozilla launches European Elections toolkit to fight fake news
Mozilla, the firm behind the popular Firefox web browser, has released a guide to spotting potential online interference ahead of the European Parliament elections. The guide includes tools to identify […]
OpenAI shows how AI could be used to write fake news stories
Researchers have demonstrated how artificial intelligence could be used to write fake news stories with little input from humans. OpenAI, with backers including Elon Musk and Microsoft, have decided not […]
Facebook’s Top 6 most controversial moments in its 15-year history
Facebook first launched on February 4, 2004 as a social network known as TheFacebook, initially aimed at students at Harvard College. Since then it has expanded rapidly, attracting a large number […]
WhatsApp to restrict message sharing to fight ‘fake news’
WhatsApp is to limit the number of times users can forward any single message to five in an attempt to stop false information spreading on the platform. The Facebook-owned messaging […]
