
How can we learn to reject fake news in the digital world?
Dec 06, 2016 03:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The circulation of fake news through social media in the 2016 presidential election has raised several concerns about online information. Of course, there is nothing new about fake news as such the satirical site The...

Facebook And Other Tech Giants Building Terrorist Database
Dec 06, 2016 03:24 am UTC| Technology
With increasing pressure from both local and the international community, tech giants like Facebook, Google, and Twitter are forced to act on online content that could be considered offensive or dangerous. As a result, a...

EU Putting The Screws On Facebook Over Hate Speech
Dec 05, 2016 04:43 am UTC| Technology Law
Mark Zuckerberg has been hesitant to outright censor Facebook users who are propagating hate speech on the social media platform despite the hailstorm of criticisms he has been receiving with regards to fake news and...

Three ways Facebook could reduce fake news without resorting to censorship
Dec 04, 2016 01:48 am UTC| Technology
The public gets a lot of its news and information from Facebook. Some of it is fake. That presents a problem for the sites users, and for the company itself. Facebook cofounder and chairman Mark Zuckerberg said the...

Facebook Turns To AI, Promises To Crack Down On Fake News And Offensive Content
Dec 02, 2016 04:34 am UTC| Technology
Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg have been under a lot of pressure recently to address the spread of fake news content on its news feed. While Zuckerberg had previously been reticent about actually suppressing such...

Misinformation on social media: Can technology save us?
Nov 29, 2016 16:29 pm UTC| Technology
If you get your news from social media, as most Americans do, you are exposed to a daily dose of hoaxes, rumors, conspiracy theories and misleading news. When its all mixed in with reliable information from honest sources,...

Facebook Images Leading To Malware Infections, Computers Hijacked
Nov 28, 2016 04:38 am UTC| Technology
As if there wasnt enough to worry about when browsing online, what with trying to avoid malware and virus landmines via spam mail and infected websites, now social media is also a source of unwanted software. A report...