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Twitter's misinformation policy doesn't cover the 2020 elections anymore
Twitter hasn't been taking action on tweets spreading misinformation about the 2020 US elections since March 2021.
Mariella Moon01.29.2022
Facebook reveals how influence campaigns changed between the 2016 and 2020 elections
Facebook has published a new report on the state of influence operations on its platform. The report covers fake account takedowns between 2017 and 2020.
Karissa Bell05.26.2021
Internal Facebook report finds the company bungled its 'Stop the Steal' response
Facebook missed several opportunities to crack down on the “Stop the Steal” movement that fueled the US Capitol insurrection.
Karissa Bell04.22.2021
Facebook didn't do enough to stop election misinformation, report says
Facebook missed billions of opportunities to tamp down misinformation ahead of the 2020 presidential election, according to a new report from Avaaz.
Karissa Bell03.23.2021
Twitter purged 70,000 QAnon accounts in three days
Twitter says it’s purged more than 70,000 accounts for spreading conspiracy theories associated with QAnon.
Karissa Bell01.11.2021
Twitter labeled a forecaster's Georgia election tweet without controversy
Twitter labeled Dave Wasserman's call of a Senate seat victory by Raphael Warnock over Kelly Loeffler as coming in without corroboration from other sources, and Dave Wasserman agreed.
Richard Lawler01.05.2021
Retweets are back to normal as Twitter ends its quote tweet experiment
witter is ending its experiment that encouraged users to quote tweet rather than retweet.
Karissa Bell12.16.2020
Joe Biden's presidential transition launches with BuildBackBetter.gov
The Joe Biden - Kamala Harris administration now has federal government support to begin its transition, including millions in funding and the use of .gov domains.
Richard Lawler11.23.2020
Facebook labeled 180 million posts for election misinformation
Facebook just offered its first look at the scale of its fight against election misinformation.
Karissa Bell11.19.2020
Donald Trump fires election cybersecurity director Christopher Krebs
Several days ago, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency — a section of the Department of Homeland Security that, among other things, works on election security — issued a statement saying “The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history.
Richard Lawler11.17.2020
Facebook could slow down sharing
Facebook is reportedly worried about violence and wants users to ‘cool down.’
Karissa Bell11.05.2020
Facebook removes ‘Stop the Steal’ group after ‘worrying calls for violence’
Facebook has taken down a viral group with hundreds of thousands of members after “worrying calls for violence” and efforts to organize offline events.
Karissa Bell11.05.2020
Facebook and Instagram are warning US users the election remains undecided
For much of Wednesday, Facebook and Instagram have been displaying a notice at the top of their apps reminding US users that the winner of the 2020 election hasn't been decided yet.
Igor Bonifacic11.04.2020
Twitter labels Trump tweet for 'making a potentially misleading claim'
Twitter slapped a warning label on an election-night tweet from president Donald Trump, for “making a potentially misleading claim about an election.”
Karissa Bell11.04.2020
YouTube cuts off fake 2020 election result live streams
While people across the country watch election night results come in from legitimate sources, some YouTube channels were trying to earn a buck off of their interest. Insider highlights several channels that kicked off fake result livestreams long before even the earliest polls closed and results started to become available. They had fake or manipulated Electoral Collage results, and some of the streams found had monetization enabled.
Richard Lawler11.03.2020
Twitter will add warning labels to tweets with premature election results
Twitter confirmed it will label official campaign and candidate accounts — including the president's.
Karissa Bell11.02.2020
Instagram drops 'recent' posts from hashtag pages ahead of the election
Instagram is temporarily disabling “recent” posts from appearing on hashtag pages in order “to reduce the real-time spread of potentially harmful content."
Karissa Bell10.29.2020
Facebook takes down more fake accounts, warns of ‘perception hacking’
Facebook is still finding fake accounts, but says the people behind them are trying to undermine the upcoming election.
Karissa Bell10.27.2020
Are Facebook and Twitter ready for a contested election?
For Facebook and Twitter, the 2020 presidential election has required a different kind of preparation than in previous years
Karissa Bell10.27.2020
The Trump campaign is testing the limits of Facebook's election ad rules
Donald Trump is putting Facebook's ad rules to the test with a new ad claiming he is "still" the president.
Karissa Bell10.27.2020