Internet disinformation
Neil Young-Spotify row underscores podcast disinformation issues
The prolific rocker this week demanded the streaming giant remove his music - he had 2.4 million followers and over six million monthly listeners - unless it...
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Fact-checkers urge YouTube to fight disinformation
Videos containing false information had gone "under the radar of YouTube's policies, especially in non-English speaking countries", they said in an open letter to YouTube chief Susan Wojcicki.
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Facebook adapts defences as deception campaigns go stealth
The number of coordinated inauthentic behavior (CIB) campaigns derailed at the leading social network ramped up each year since a Russia-linked operation to sway the outcome of the 2016 US presidential election put Facebook on the defensive.
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How to deal with viral messages on social media
With viral broadcast messages on social media platforms, at times, spreading incorrect information, Eyewitness News spoke to Africa Check to find out how to spot fake news and what to do when you receive messages that may have false content.
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Pope Francis warns against Internet 'disinformation'
The Internet 'is a source of knowledge and relationships that were once unthinkable,' the Argentine pope said in a message for the World Day of Social Communications.
