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TikTok adds warnings to videos with 'unverified' information
TikTok will begin warning users before they share videos with unverified info in an effort to reduce the spread of misinformation.
Facebook is reportedly testing a ‘virality circuit breaker’ to stop misinformation
Facebook is reportedly piloting a new way to check viral posts for misinformation before they spread too far.
Facebook has removed 7 million posts for coronavirus misinformation
Facebook has removed 7 million posts and labeled nearly 100 million more.
Facebook repeatedly overruled fact checkers in favor of conservatives
Facebook was worried about the "PR risk" of applying its rules.
Twitter will fix its overly aggressive '5G corona' fact-checking
Twitter has vowed to improve its '5G corona' fact-checking system after it labeled a slew of harmless tweets.
Google adds fact checking to image searches
Google has introduced fact checking information to image searches, reducing the chances that you'll be caught out by a fake.
Joe Biden calls on Facebook to 'promote real news, not fake news'
Biden’s campaign takes aim at Facebook over political ads and misinformation.
Twitter clumsily fact-checks '5G corona' tweets
Twitter is applying fact-checking labels to seemingly any tweet mentioning 5G and coronavirus, even if there's no conspiracy talk.
Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey disagree on fact checking the president
Mark Zuckerberg has waded into Twitter’s spat with Donald Trump over fact checking.
Trump supporters target Twitter employee after fact check
Twitter’s decision to fact check Donald Trump has resulted in mass harassment of one of its employees.
Twitter fact checks Trump’s false tweets about election fraud
Twitter urges users to 'get the facts' in response to Trump’s 'misleading' tweets.
YouTube adds fact check panels to US-based searches
YouTube now displays fact-check panels for US searches, just in time to help debunk COVID-19 myths.
YouTube's fact checking linked the Notre Dame fire to 9/11
YouTube's fact check panels were supposed to help debunk conspiracy theories, but they just backfired in an unfortunate fashion. The internet giant has disabled the algorithmically-provided panels on live videos of the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral fire after at least one video displayed a fact panel for the 9/11 terrorist attacks, implying that the coverage was a fake news story about the New York City tragedy.
YouTube adds fact checks to search results on sensitive topics
YouTube is launching new information panel that will appear when users search for controversial topics. The text boxes will appear at the top of search results and will offer fact checks from verified partners to help combat the spread of misinformation. For now the feature is launching first in India and will be available in Hindi and English, but will be coming to other regions and languages in the future. YouTube confirmed the feature to Engadget.
