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As Meta scraps fact-checking, its new content policy seen as offensive and dehumanising

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is under fire for recent changes to its content moderation policies, which now permit a wider range of derogatory speech targeting various racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender identities. The policy overhaul coincides with Meta's suspension of its fact-checking program, a move aimed at "lifting restrictions to allow more speech," according to a …

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As Meta shifts away from professional fact-checkers, Indian firms await clarity

The Hindu

Indian fact-checking organisations are on tenterhooks as they await the consequences of Meta’s decision to abandon its partnerships with professional fact-checking organisations in favour of a community-led model, starting with the U.S. Amitabh Kumar, founder of Social and Media Matters, which has worked with large social media platforms, said that he was trying to keep an open mind on Meta’s …

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Letters to the Editor: Why MSNBC isn’t the left-wing equivalent of Fox News propaganda

LA Times

To the editor: Gustavo Arellano wrote an incisive essay about the toxic nature of the Fox News broadcast on the New Orleans terrorist attack. But, after criticizing the demagogic “rants and slants” of the Fox News’ hosts, he spoiled his essay by saying, “That’s why I rarely watch MSNBC, either.” This is a tired old false equivalency, implying that MSNBC …

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Hawaii Gov: RFK Jr.'s Anti-Vax Misinformation Left Dozens Of Kids Dead In Samoa

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Wednesday warned senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the next health and human services secretary, sharing a dark story about Kennedy fueling an anti-vaccine misinformation campaign that Green said led to dozens of children dying in Samoa amid a measles outbreak. “A celebrity with no public health …

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55 years ago

The X-ification of Meta

Wired

It’s a social networking company with close ties to the incoming Trump administration. It deploys a “community notes” system to fight misinformation and lets hateful comments fly under the banner of “free speech.” It’s got a hefty side-gig in AI. Meta this week said it would torpedo its fact-checking partners in favor of X’s “community notes” model and used the …

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Analysis: What Musk's online activism tells us about his agenda for global politics

India Today

From a futurist, and problem-solver to a political cheerleader, Elon Musk – the world’s richest man – has come a long way after his takeover of Twitter. An analysis of Musk’s X posts by India Today’s Open-Source Intelligence team reveals his focus areas in Germany, Britain, and Brazil. GERMANY “Germany” featured 27 times in Musk’s posts on X since January …

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Mark Zuckerberg ends fact-checking program, possibly as he tries to appease Donald Trump: Story in 5 points

India Today

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made a big decision to end the company’s long-standing fact-checking program, a move that has sparked debates across the tech and political verticals. The impact of this decision is wide-ranging, from how misinformation will be managed on platforms like Facebook and Instagram to the future of third-party fact-checking organisations that rely on Meta’s support. Meta …

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3 days, 22 hours ago

No Fact-Checking and More Hate Speech: Meta Goes MAGA

Wired

Since Donald Trump won back the presidency on November 5, a parade of Silicon Valley luminaries have been engaging in an unseemly grovel-fest, making pilgrimages to Mar-a-Lago, shoveling million-dollar contributions to his inaugural fund, and meddling in the editorial departments of the publications they own in an apparent attempt to gain the new leader’s favor. Yesterday, Meta founder and CEO …

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4 days, 10 hours ago

U.K. leader Starmer slams 'lies and misinformation' after attacks from Elon Musk

NPR

U.K. leader Starmer slams 'lies and misinformation' after attacks from Elon Musk toggle caption Leon Neal/AP/Pool Getty Images Europe LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday condemned "lies and misinformation" that he said are undermining U.K. democracy, in response to a barrage of attacks on his government from Elon Musk. Sponsor Message Asked about Musk's comments during a …

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UK PM responds to Elon Musk's grooming gang charge: 'Lies and misinformation'

India Today

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has robustly defended his record as Britain's former director of public prosecutions amid accusations by US billionaire Elon Musk that he failed to prosecute grooming gangs responsible for the sexual abuse of young girls. Musk, however, continued his criticism, posting on X after Starmer's comments, calling him "utterly despicable". Musk's remarks have included inflammatory suggestions, …

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UK PM Keir Starmer slams ‘lies and misinformation’, defends record over child sex gangs after attacks from Elon Musk

Hindustan Times

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday condemned “lies and misinformation” that he said are undermining U.K. democracy, in response to a barrage of attacks on his government from Elon Musk. Keir Starmer criticized “those that are spreading lies and misinformation as far and as wide as possible,” particularly opposition Conservative politicians in Britain who have echoed some of Musk’s …

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UK leader Starmer slams ‘lies and misinformation’ after attacks from Elon Musk

Associated Press

LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday condemned “lies and misinformation” that he said are undermining U.K. democracy, in response to a barrage of attacks on his government from Elon Musk. On Monday he posted an online poll for his 210 million followers on the proposition: “America should liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government.” Asked …

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5 days, 10 hours ago

"We've seen this playbook before": British PM says Elon Musk is spreading "lies and misinformation"

Salon

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer did not name Elon Musk directly, but it was clear who he was condemning when he told reporters that people were "spreading lies and misinformation" about child abuse in his country, falsely accusing the U.K. leader of failing to prosecute foreign-born predators. "We have seen this playbook many times — whipping up of intimidation and …

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U.K. leader Starmer slams ‘lies and misinformation’ after attacks from Elon Musk

LA Times

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a speech on reducing NHS wait times as he visits a healthcare provider in Surrey, England, on Monday. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday condemned “lies and misinformation” that he said are undermining U.K. democracy, in response to a barrage of attacks on his government from Elon Musk. On Monday he posted an …

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1 week ago

Tamil Nadu Police warn of misinformation in Anna University sexual assault case

India Today

Tamil Nadu Police on Saturday issued a statement, clarifying the 'misinformation' being spread on social media and certain local media outlets regarding the ongoing investigation into the sexual assault case involving a student from Anna University in Chennai. The police statement categorically denied the accuracy of claims made by some local news channels and social media accounts regarding alleged developments …

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Police took over a week to name the NYC subway burning victim. A fake name spread in the meantime

Associated Press

NEW YORK — It took police more than a week to publicly identify Debrina Kawam, 57, as the woman who was fatally set on fire in a New York subway train last month. In posts that circulated widely on social media after Kawam’s death on Dec. 22, users claimed without evidence that the victim was a 29-year-old named “Amelia Carter.” …

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'Peddle misinformation': Analyst says Trump flunked 3 presidential tests in single day

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump "flunked three important tests" on New Year's Day that should have been no-brainers for any leader of the free world, argued MSNBC analyst Steve Benen. Benen, editor for the official blog of The Rachel Maddow Show, said Trump's social media post about "migrant crime" shortly after a U.S.-born citizen drove his pickup truck into a New Orleans' …

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Analysing Indian Social Media Users Spreading Bangladesh-Related 'Fake News'

The Quint

An analysis by a Bangladeshi fact-checking organisation Rumor Scanner found that “72% of the accounts spreading… misinformation” related to Bangladesh’s interim head Mohammed Yunus and the socio-political climate “are located in India”. In our work, we were able to identify six unique X accounts, all subscribers of X Premium, which routinely spread harmful narratives and misinformation related to Bangladesh - …

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Did AI Misinformation Impact Elections In 2024? A Look At US, Europe, UK, India Polls

ABP News

Fears of AI-generated misinformation ran rife ahead of this historic election year. "AI makes it easier to create these illustrations, but I don't see it as a game changer, and it won't sway voters," Dr. Sacha Altay, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Zurich's Digital Democracy Lab, told Logically Facts. European and U.K. elections saw little meaningful AI …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Railways fact-checks SP chief Akhilesh Yadav for spreading misinformation about Goa-bound Vande Bharat train

Op India

On Tuesday, 24th December, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav shot himself in the foot after he was fact-checked by the Railways for spreading misinformation regarding the Vande Bharat train en route to Goa from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai. He indicated that the Vande Bharat train that was supposed to reach Goa lost its way and reached Thane region in Maharashtra’s …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

’Nobody should be blamed’: Allu Arjun over Pushpa 2 stampede case; actor denies ‘irresponsible’ behaviour

Live Mint

Allu Arjun stampede case: Pushpa 2 star addressed the stampede case on Saturday, a week after being released on interim bail from Hyderabad's Chanchlaguda Central Jail. I genuinely think that nobody should be blamed, and I am not here to blame anybody or to blame any department or the government,” the actor said during a press conference in Hyderabad. The …

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3 weeks ago

A grim feeling of déjà vu on vaccine misinformation and the bird flu

LA Times

It is Saturday, Dec. 21. In an op-ed column, Robin Abcarian raises alarm over an effort by RFK Jr.’s close advisor two years ago to cancel the polio vaccine and speaks with a survivor of the illness that, prior to the 1950s, often killed or disabled children. In another op-ed piece, writer Susan Hall tells of her son’s productive, “enriched” …

Newsom

3 weeks ago

Musk railed against a congressional spending bill. Much of what he spread was misinformation

LA Times

President-elect Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk railed against a bipartisan funding proposal in a torrent of more than 100 X posts that included multiple false claims. President-elect Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk played a key role this week in killing a bipartisan funding proposal that would have prevented a government shutdown, railing against the plan in a torrent …

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3 weeks ago

Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill. But much of what he spread was misinformation

Associated Press

President-elect Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk played a key role this week in killing a bipartisan funding proposal that would have prevented a government shutdown, railing against the plan in a torrent of more than 100 X posts that included multiple false claims. Now there’s a new social media bully in town, pushing the champion social media bully around.” …

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As Meta scraps fact-checking, its new content policy seen as offensive and dehumanising

As Meta shifts away from professional fact-checkers, Indian firms await clarity

Letters to the Editor: Why MSNBC isn’t the left-wing equivalent of Fox News propaganda

Hawaii Gov: RFK Jr.'s Anti-Vax Misinformation Left Dozens Of Kids Dead In Samoa

The X-ification of Meta

Analysis: What Musk's online activism tells us about his agenda for global politics

Mark Zuckerberg ends fact-checking program, possibly as he tries to appease Donald Trump: Story in 5 points

No Fact-Checking and More Hate Speech: Meta Goes MAGA

U.K. leader Starmer slams 'lies and misinformation' after attacks from Elon Musk

UK PM responds to Elon Musk's grooming gang charge: 'Lies and misinformation'

UK PM Keir Starmer slams ‘lies and misinformation’, defends record over child sex gangs after attacks from Elon Musk

UK leader Starmer slams ‘lies and misinformation’ after attacks from Elon Musk

"We've seen this playbook before": British PM says Elon Musk is spreading "lies and misinformation"

U.K. leader Starmer slams ‘lies and misinformation’ after attacks from Elon Musk

Tamil Nadu Police warn of misinformation in Anna University sexual assault case

Police took over a week to name the NYC subway burning victim. A fake name spread in the meantime

'Peddle misinformation': Analyst says Trump flunked 3 presidential tests in single day

Analysing Indian Social Media Users Spreading Bangladesh-Related 'Fake News'

Did AI Misinformation Impact Elections In 2024? A Look At US, Europe, UK, India Polls

Railways fact-checks SP chief Akhilesh Yadav for spreading misinformation about Goa-bound Vande Bharat train

’Nobody should be blamed’: Allu Arjun over Pushpa 2 stampede case; actor denies ‘irresponsible’ behaviour

A grim feeling of déjà vu on vaccine misinformation and the bird flu

Musk railed against a congressional spending bill. Much of what he spread was misinformation

Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill. But much of what he spread was misinformation