Articles for Misleading Content

Iowa sues TikTok for misleading parents over child protections
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa sues TikTok for misleading parents over child protections

The Independent  

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Do the amended IT Rules only apply to social media and not print, asks Bombay HC
1 year, 5 months ago

Do the amended IT Rules only apply to social media and not print, asks Bombay HC

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court on Thursday while hearing arguments on pleas challenging the constitutional validity of amended IT Rules asked whether the Rules only apply to social media intermediaries and not to print media even if the same content is available on both the platforms. A Division Bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Neela Gokhale was hearing a bunch of …

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HC questions govt’s plan for fact check
1 year, 6 months ago

HC questions govt’s plan for fact check

Live Mint  

The Bombay High Court on Friday asked the Centre if it was allowed under law to have a statute with “unbound” and ‘limitless’ discretionary authority. The court’s comments came while hearing a petition filed by stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra challenging the Centre’s recent notification on Fact Check Unit to identify fake news under the government’s amendment to the Information Technology …

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Looming elections in US, Brazil pose test for Musk’s Twitter
2 years, 2 months ago

Looming elections in US, Brazil pose test for Musk’s Twitter

Associated Press  

Pivotal elections in Brazil and the United States will present an early test to Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk and his promise to ease up on the platform’s policies on misinformation. “We’re going to see a test run with the election in Brazil this Sunday, when we’ll see how bad things get.” Even if Musk waits until after the elections …

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Misleading viral content on social media is killing people. Why are we still consuming it?
2 years, 6 months ago

Misleading viral content on social media is killing people. Why are we still consuming it?

The Independent  

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Adobe's new attribution tool for Photoshop to tackle misleading content
4 years, 2 months ago

Adobe's new attribution tool for Photoshop to tackle misleading content

The Hindu  

Adobe on Tuesday unveiled its content attribution tool for Photoshop, designed to tackle deepfakes and misleading content. The tool is part of Adobe’s Content Authenticity Initiative that was launched last year, and is developed with an open standard to offer a secure layer of “tamper-evident” attribution data to photos. “The more creators distribute content with proper attribution, the more consumers …

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TikTok to ban harm-causing 'misleading information' on its platform; no mention of how it will identify such content
5 years ago

TikTok to ban harm-causing 'misleading information' on its platform; no mention of how it will identify such content

Firstpost  

The guidelines did not explain how TikTok would determine what constitutes “misleading” content and appeared to leave leeway for interpretation in enforcement decisions. TikTok’s previous rules around “misleading content” appeared to focus mostly on scams, barring users from creating fake identities or posting false information to make money but did not mention misinformation or disinformation campaigns. By contrast, the new …

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