fake news

Technology

Treat us like something between a telco and a newspaper, says Facebook's Zuckerberg

During a conference in Germany, the Facebook founder and CEO said that online content regulation should be somewhere between the rules used for the telecoms and media industries

Feb 16, 2020

By Reuters

Facebook Mark zuckerberg

Society

Teenagers charged for pulling a prank in Walmart claiming to be victims of Coronavirus

Teenagers who pulled a dirty prank in Walmart in Illinois by holding a sign that read that they have the new coronavirus has been charged by the police for their misdemeanour

Feb 9, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Coronavirus

Building on the site of the Harbin bioweapon facility of Unit 731

Society

'Man Behind Coronavirus': Twitter kicks out Zero Hedge for outing doctor's identity

China has lamented that the outbreak, which is seen approaching epidemic levels, also triggered anti-Chinese sentiments across the world.

Feb 3, 2020

By Jacob J

Coronavirus

Society

Fact check: Singapore Govt debunks coronavirus posts; asks citizens not to spread rumours

Singapore government has debunked a series of misleading posted on social media related to the China virus outbreak

Jan 31, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus Facebook

Society

Coronavirus misinformation grips Internet and social media; How to filter it out?

China's coronavirus outbreak has caused extreme panic in all around the world which is ideal to spread misinformation and rumours online

Jan 30, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

A man covers his face as he walks to work in Delhi

Health

Social media infected with fake news and videos of Wuhan coronavirus

Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter are filled with a massive amount of fake news and videos related to the Wuhan's Coronavirus

Jan 29, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus Facebook

Tech & Trend

Instagram starts flagging photoshopped images as fake

Instagram rolled out a new feature that will flag photoshopped images, including digital art, as 'false information' in a bid to prevent the spread of fake news

Jan 14, 2020

By Manthan C.

Technology

Facebook changes its ad-policies but continues to allow lies to spread

With the oncoming elections of 2020 Facebook has vowed to stop manipulative measures by politicians through the social media site

Jan 10, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Facebook

Politics

Singapore opposition party says it is ready to challenge fake news notices in court

This would be the first time such a case could head to court since the law came into effect in October

Jan 2, 2020

By Reuters

Society

Singapore's Fake News law: Lawyer Lim Tean directed to correct Facebook posts

Lawyer Lim Tean was directed by POFMA office to correct facebook posts in which he stated that the government spends more on foreign students than local students

Dec 16, 2019

By Shubhangi Shah

Society

Most Americans use unreliable news sources like social media

A new report says that because of lack of time and competing demands, one-third of Americans rely on news platforms that are less reliable, mainly social media and peers

Dec 10, 2019

By IANS

Technology

Facebook issues corrective label on user's post under new Singapore fake news law

Facebook said that the correction label was embedded at the bottom of the original post without any alterations to the text

Nov 30, 2019

By Reuters

Society

Singapore orders Facebook to correct post under anti-fake news law

The Facebook post which drew the attention of the Singaporean government was published last Saturday

Nov 29, 2019

By IANS

Facebook

Politics

Singapore invokes 'Fake News' law for the first time over Facebook post

Brad Bowyer's post contains clearly false statements of fact, and undermines public trust in the Government, says the ministry of finance.

Nov 25, 2019

By Shubhangi Shah

Bukit Batok by-election: Multi-pronged fight looms a SDP seeks alliance

Society

Who is Terry Xu? Why is Singapore locking horns with him over fake news law?

The ministries clarified that the charges levelled by Terry Xu and the TOC against the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma) are incorrect.

Oct 7, 2019

By Jacob J