The European Commission is calling on Facebook, Twitter, Google and others to provide more details on what their platforms are doing to curb disinformation. Jenny Kane / AP hide caption Toggle caption Jenny Kane / ...
Earlier this month, many Australians received a text message asking them to visit the Australian Government’s “COVID-19 Vaccine Adverse Event Report”. It encouraged recipients to “click the uaptga.info link” and informed them that the message ...
Facebook’s new viral content screening system to stop fake news is a tipping point – if only the company would use it | wealth
DETROIT (WXYZ) – Fake news. It creates confusion and makes it difficult for people to share a common reality. It’s a phrase yelled at at legitimate reporters. It was used as a weapon against our ...
Google said Monday it is reversing an earlier decision to block ads from an anti-court packing group after Fox News asked questions about the move – a sign of the tech giant’s upcoming challenges in ...
Despite its warts, social media has become a part of everyday life for billions of people worldwide. In the US, citizens of all stripes agree that platforms designed to bring us together are actually tearing ...
Facebook has announced significant changes to its advertising and misinformation policy, stating that it will stop running political ads in the US for an indefinite period after the November 3rd election. The changes announced on ...
By default, LinkedIn tries to show you advertisements that are relevant to you based on information such as your location and demographics. This includes showing you more relevant ads based on the companies you follow ...
Our democracy is under attack. Washington journalists must stop reporting politics as usual. In the dark days of 2012, think tank scholars Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann wrote a book entitled “It’s Worse Than It ...
The state of Illinois plans to start teaching media literacy in high schools in the fall of 2022. Illinois State University’s School of Communication faculty will closely monitor what the State Board of Education requires ...
