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Fact-Check: Centre Hasn't Opened Bank Account For Modernisation Of Army
A "misleading" message is doing the rounds on WhatsApp, which claims that the Centre has opened a bank account seeking donations for the modernisation of the Indian Army.
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Centre Issues Warning Over Misleading WhatsApp Message On Donation To Army
The Ministry of Defence on Sunday issued a warning against a misleading message doing the rounds on WhatsApp pertaining to donation to a particular bank account for the modernisation of the Indian Army and for the soldiers injured or killed in action
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Meta AI Refusing to Answer Questions Related to Politicians and Parties Ahead of Elections in India
Meta is restricting its native artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, integrated within the WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger interfaces, from answering questions around the ongoing general elections in India. The company recently introduced Meta AI in the country, which can answer questions from the web, generate images, and draft messages and ess...
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Fact Check: Misleading Claim About Challenged Vote Goes Viral Ahead Of Elections
A viral message about "challenge vote" and voting rights of Indian citizens is going viral on social media ahead of the Lok Sabha elections that begin from next week.
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Airtel Says Service Deactivation Message Was Sent Wrongly to Some Delhi Users
Airtel on Friday wrongly informed some of its customers in Delhi about deactivation of their services. Hours after the original message, the operator clarified to the affected users and said that it was sent due to a technical issue.
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AI-Based Programme GPT-3 Can Write Messages to Mislead Readers, Research Shows
Researchers from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, US have demonstrated that artificial intelligence (AI) is capable of leading a misinformation campaign online — one that is far more complex to spot and control. The research showed how an algorithm called GPT-3 could generate written texts of misinformation disguised as a human to mislead...
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Twitter Says It Labelled 300,000 'Misleading' US Election Tweets
Twitter labelled 3,00,000 tweets related to the US presidential election as "potentially misleading" in the two weeks surrounding the vote, making up 0.2 percent of election-related posts, the company said.
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Facebook Glitches Allow Banned US Election Advertisements to Recirculate
Facebook acknowledged glitches in enforcing its policy on removing misleading political advertising for the US election after a report revealed banned messages were being recirculated.
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Tejashwi Yadav Accused Of Posting Edited Video Online, Gets Legal Notice
Bihar minister Ashok Chaudhary on Monday slapped a legal notice on Tejashwi Yadav, the leader of the opposition in the state assembly, alleging that the RJD scion had posted on social media an "edited" video and other messages which were "misleading" and aimed at destroying his image.
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Twitter to Label Misleading COVID-19 Information
Twitter will add labels and warning messages on some tweets with disputed or misleading information about COVID-19, the company said on Monday, as part of a new approach to misinformation that will eventually extend to other topics.
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Government Said to Ask TikTok, Facebook to Remove Users Spreading Coronavirus Misinformation
India has told Facebook and Chinese video app TikTok to remove users found to be spreading misinformation about the coronavirus following concern about videos intended to mislead Muslims, according to a government source and a letter seen by Reuters.
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Twitter Deletes Over 10,000 Accounts Seeking To Discourage Voting In US
Twitter Inc deleted more than 10,000 automated accounts posting messages that discouraged people from voting in Tuesday's U.S. election and wrongly appeared to be from Democrats, after the party flagged the misleading tweets to the social media company.
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Windows Defender to Delete Programs That Scare Users Into Buying Upgrades
From March 1, Windows Defender Antivirus and other Microsoft security products will classify apps that display threatening messages as unwanted software.
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Allow SEBI-Registered Entities To Send Investment Advice: TRAI To Operators
The clampdown by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is aimed at addressing concerns expressed by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) over "misleading unsolicited" bulk messages being sent to investors in securities market by "unauthorised persons".
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Google wins landmark advertising case in Australia
Google Inc won a landmark court case on Wednesday when Australia's high court ruled that it had not engaged in misleading behaviour with its sponsored links and that it was not responsible for messages conveyed by paid advertisers.
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Fact-Check: Centre Hasn't Opened Bank Account For Modernisation Of Army
A "misleading" message is doing the rounds on WhatsApp, which claims that the Centre has opened a bank account seeking donations for the modernisation of the Indian Army.
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Centre Issues Warning Over Misleading WhatsApp Message On Donation To Army
The Ministry of Defence on Sunday issued a warning against a misleading message doing the rounds on WhatsApp pertaining to donation to a particular bank account for the modernisation of the Indian Army and for the soldiers injured or killed in action
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Meta AI Refusing to Answer Questions Related to Politicians and Parties Ahead of Elections in India
Meta is restricting its native artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, integrated within the WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger interfaces, from answering questions around the ongoing general elections in India. The company recently introduced Meta AI in the country, which can answer questions from the web, generate images, and draft messages and ess...
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Fact Check: Misleading Claim About Challenged Vote Goes Viral Ahead Of Elections
A viral message about "challenge vote" and voting rights of Indian citizens is going viral on social media ahead of the Lok Sabha elections that begin from next week.
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Airtel Says Service Deactivation Message Was Sent Wrongly to Some Delhi Users
Airtel on Friday wrongly informed some of its customers in Delhi about deactivation of their services. Hours after the original message, the operator clarified to the affected users and said that it was sent due to a technical issue.
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AI-Based Programme GPT-3 Can Write Messages to Mislead Readers, Research Shows
Researchers from Georgetown University in Washington, DC, US have demonstrated that artificial intelligence (AI) is capable of leading a misinformation campaign online — one that is far more complex to spot and control. The research showed how an algorithm called GPT-3 could generate written texts of misinformation disguised as a human to mislead...
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Twitter Says It Labelled 300,000 'Misleading' US Election Tweets
Twitter labelled 3,00,000 tweets related to the US presidential election as "potentially misleading" in the two weeks surrounding the vote, making up 0.2 percent of election-related posts, the company said.
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Facebook Glitches Allow Banned US Election Advertisements to Recirculate
Facebook acknowledged glitches in enforcing its policy on removing misleading political advertising for the US election after a report revealed banned messages were being recirculated.
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Tejashwi Yadav Accused Of Posting Edited Video Online, Gets Legal Notice
Bihar minister Ashok Chaudhary on Monday slapped a legal notice on Tejashwi Yadav, the leader of the opposition in the state assembly, alleging that the RJD scion had posted on social media an "edited" video and other messages which were "misleading" and aimed at destroying his image.
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Twitter to Label Misleading COVID-19 Information
Twitter will add labels and warning messages on some tweets with disputed or misleading information about COVID-19, the company said on Monday, as part of a new approach to misinformation that will eventually extend to other topics.
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Government Said to Ask TikTok, Facebook to Remove Users Spreading Coronavirus Misinformation
India has told Facebook and Chinese video app TikTok to remove users found to be spreading misinformation about the coronavirus following concern about videos intended to mislead Muslims, according to a government source and a letter seen by Reuters.
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Twitter Deletes Over 10,000 Accounts Seeking To Discourage Voting In US
Twitter Inc deleted more than 10,000 automated accounts posting messages that discouraged people from voting in Tuesday's U.S. election and wrongly appeared to be from Democrats, after the party flagged the misleading tweets to the social media company.
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Windows Defender to Delete Programs That Scare Users Into Buying Upgrades
From March 1, Windows Defender Antivirus and other Microsoft security products will classify apps that display threatening messages as unwanted software.
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Allow SEBI-Registered Entities To Send Investment Advice: TRAI To Operators
The clampdown by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is aimed at addressing concerns expressed by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) over "misleading unsolicited" bulk messages being sent to investors in securities market by "unauthorised persons".
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Google wins landmark advertising case in Australia
Google Inc won a landmark court case on Wednesday when Australia's high court ruled that it had not engaged in misleading behaviour with its sponsored links and that it was not responsible for messages conveyed by paid advertisers.
