Facebook bowed to a Singapore government order to brand a news post as false – TechCrunch
Facebook added a correction notice to a post by a fringe news site that Singapore’s…
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Voter manipulation on social media now a global problem, report finds – TechCrunch
New research by the Oxford Internet Institute has found that social media manipulation is getting…
US legislator, David Cicilline, joins international push to interrogate platform power – TechCrunch
US legislator David Cicilline will be joining the next meeting of the International Grand Committee…
Protecting the integrity of US elections will require a massive regulatory overhaul, academics say – TechCrunch
Ahead of the 2020 elections, former Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos and his colleagues…
Facebook found hosting masses of far right EU disinformation networks – TechCrunch
A multi-month hunt for political disinformation spreading on Facebook in Europe suggests there are concerted…
Tech and ad giants sign up to Europe’s first weak bite at ‘fake news’ – TechCrunch
The European Union’s executive body has signed up tech platforms and ad industry players to…
Europe eyeing bot IDs, ad transparency and blockchain to fight fakes – TechCrunch
European Union lawmakers want online platforms to come up with their own systems to identify…
Serial SWATter arrested, charged with involuntary manslaughter
Wichita police have arrested a 25-year-old online troll who calls himself SWAuTistic, charging him with…