In the latest sign of US platforms bracing for the 2020 US presidential election in November, Twitter has said it will step up efforts…
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TikTok Bans Deepfakes, Expands Fact-Checking to Fight Election Misinformation
(Photo by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) One of the world’s biggest mobile apps is stepping into the ring to fight election interference:…
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Twitter Restricts Donald Trump Jr.’s Account for Posting COVID-19 Misinformation
(Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) Twitter is temporarily blocking Donald Trump Jr.’s account from tweeting after he posted a video claiming the drug hydroxychloroquine…
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Twitter restricts Donald Trump Jr.’s account for sharing COVID-19 misinformation – TechCrunch
Twitter has temporarily frozen Donald Trump Jr.’s account after the president’s son shared a video making false and potentially life-threatening claims about the coronavirus…
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Twitter plans to expand its misinformation labels — but will they apply to Trump? – TechCrunch
President Trump is again testing Twitter’s stomach for misinformation flowing from its most prominent users. In a flurry of recent tweets, Trump floated conspiracy…
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Facebook upgrades its AI to better tackle COVID-19 misinformation and hate speech – TechCrunch
Facebook’s AI tools are the only thing standing between its users and the growing onslaught of hate and misinformation the platform is experiencing. The…