Tag: fact-checking

Global Network Warns Of “Real World Harm” If Meta Ends Fact-Checking

January 10, 2025 admin

Washington: There will be “real-world harm” if Meta expands its decision to scrap fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram, a global network warned Thursday while disputing Mark Zuckerberg’s claim such moderation amounts to censorship. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s surprise announcement this week to slash content moderation policies in the United States has sparked alarm…

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Political Chess Or True Beliefs? Mark Zuckerberg’s Surprise Donald Trump Pivot

January 9, 2025 admin

The clean cut hair has grown, his college kid’s hoodie is now a gold chain, and his politics have swerved hard right. Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook and Instagram, on Tuesday accused governments and so-called legacy media of pushing censorship, and vowed to take his world-dominating platforms back to their “roots.” “We’re restoring free…

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Does This Image Show A Steep Bridge In Uttar Pradesh? No, It’s In Japan

December 9, 2024 admin

Fact check: This image of a bridge is not related to Uttar Pradesh or India. An image of vehicles travelling on a steep bridge is going viral on social media platforms with users claiming that it shows visuals from Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich. What did the viral post say?: Sharing the photograph, an X (formerly Twitter) premium…

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Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw On Fact Check Unit

August 2, 2024 admin

The Fact Check Unit was notified on March 20 under the Information Technology Rules, 2021. New Delhi: The Centre is best suited to determine whether a particular fact related to it is correct or wrong, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday while making the government’s stand clear on the PIB’s Fact Check Unit. He…

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Facebook Apologises For Mistakenly Censoring Iconic Photo Of Bleeding Donald Trump

July 30, 2024 admin

The photo shows Donald Trump raising his fist after an assassination attempt. Facebook has acknowledged that it mistakenly identified a widely shared image of Donald Trump as “altered.” Facebook’s algorithms detected the image, which depicts Trump raising his fist in the air following an assassination attempt, and labelled it as possibly deceptive. Platform X users…

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