Oversight Board advises Meta to review its role in amplifying Covid-19 misinformation
Meta needs to adopt a more stringent approach towards misinformation related to Covid-19 on its social networking platforms, the company’s ...
Meta needs to adopt a more stringent approach towards misinformation related to Covid-19 on its social networking platforms, the company’s ...
July 27, 2022 – Facebook’s parent Meta, which also owns WhatsApp and Instagram, is consulting the company’s independent Oversight Board ...
A hashtag calling for the resignation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefly blocked on Facebook on April 28. The ...
Saim, a 22 year old student from Islamabad is currently enrolled in an undergraduate program in NUST. He struggles with ...
March 2, 2021 - Twitter has started applying labels to tweets containing misleading information regarding the COVID-19 vaccine, effective March ...
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